Variation in seed germination between populations of five sub-alpine woody species from eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau following dry storage at low temperatures

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 195-203

  Wang, Ju Hong ^a,e   Baskin, Carol C ^b,c   Chen, Wei ^d   Du, Guo Zhen ^e  

^a HEXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Afterripening; Altitude; Cold dry storage; Seed germination; Variation

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GERMINATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PLATEAU; SEED; SEED COLLECTION; SEED DORMANCY; SHRUB;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

BERBERIS; BERBERIS VERNAE; BETULA UTILIS; PHILADELPHUS INCANUS; PICEA; PICEA PURPUREA;

EID: 77951090958     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0643-0     Document Type: Article

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