Germination ecology of three endangered river corridor plants in relation to their preferred occurrence

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 590-598

  Geissler, Katja ^a   Gzik, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Gap detection; Germination; Germination onset; Gibberellic acid; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; COEXISTENCE; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOODING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GERMINATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HORMONE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MEADOW; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOLOGY; SEED DORMANCY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STRATIFICATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

CNIDIUM; GRATIOLA OFFICINALIS; JUNCUS ATRATUS;

EID: 77956268908     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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