Effect of cold exposure on seed germination of 58 plant species comprising several functional groups from a mid-mountain Mediterranean area

Ecoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 478-484

  Luna, Belén ^a   Pérez, Beatriz ^a   Céspedes, Blanca ^a   Moreno, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distribution range; Fire; Iberian Peninsula endemics; Life form; Regenerative strategy; Stratification

Indexed keywords

AIR EXPOSURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FIRE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GERMINATION; PHYLOGENY; REGENERATION; SEED; STRATIFICATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 58149234060     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/15-4-3156     Document Type: Article

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