Spatial variation in temperature thresholds during seed germination of remnant Festuca hallii populations across the Canadian prairie

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 479-486

  Qiu, Jie ^a   Bai, Yuguang ^a   Fu, Yong Bi ^b   Wilmshurst, John F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Base temperature; Festuca hallii; Seed germination; Seed mass; Spatial variation; Thermal time

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASS; POPULATION SIZE; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGENERATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

FESTUCA HALLII;

EID: 70449518111     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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