Seed production of an Arrhenatherion elatioris hay-meadow in the eastern Italian Alps

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-218

  Scotton, M ^a   Piccinin, L ^a   Dainese, M ^a   Sancin, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertile stems density; Floret site utilization; Germinability; Inflorescence size; Viability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DORMANCY; GERMINATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; HAY; LEGUME; MEADOW; PERENNIAL PLANT; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SEED PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM; ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; HELICTOTRICHON PUBESCENS; HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS; POACEAE; TRISETUM FLAVESCENS;

EID: 65549165961     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2009.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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