Seed germination of four Jordanian Stipa spp: Differences in temperature regimes and seed provenances

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-132

  Hamasha, Hassan R ^a   Hensen, Isabell ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Phytogeography; Restoration; Stipa arabica; Stipa capensis; Stipa lagascae; Stipa parviflora

Indexed keywords

STIPA; STIPA CAPENSIS; STIPA LAGASCAE; STIPA PARVIFLORA;

EID: 68949194127     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2009.00247.x     Document Type: Review

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