Impacts of burial and insect infection on germination and seedling growth of acorns of Quercus variabilis

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1497-1502

  Guo, Cai Ru ^a   Lu, Ji Qi ^a   Yang, Dong Zhi ^a   Zhao, Lin Ping ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Burial; Germination; Infection; Quercus variabilis; Seedling growth

Indexed keywords

BURIAL; GERMINATION; INFECTION; QUERCUS VARIABILIS; SEEDLING GROWTH;

BIOMASS; MAMMALS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FRUIT; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; INFECTIVITY; SEEDLING; SOIL SURFACE; TREE;

HEXAPODA; QUERCUS VARIABILIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 68949162033     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.05.044     Document Type: Article

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