Effect of seed position in spikelet on life history of Eremopyrum distans (Poaceae) from the cold desert of north-west China

Annals of Botany

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-105

  Wang, Ai Bo ^a   Tan, Dun Yan ^a   Baskin, Carol C ^a,b,c   Baskin, Jerry M ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eremopyrum distans; Physiological dormancy; Plant size; Seed mass; Seed position dependent effects; Seed production; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

DESERT; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GERMINATION; GRASS; HABITAT TYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATURATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEED DORMANCY; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COLD; DESERT CLIMATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

CHINA; COLD TEMPERATURE; DESERT CLIMATE; POACEAE; SEEDS;

CHINA;

EREMOPYRUM DISTANS; POACEAE;

EID: 77956373712     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq089     Document Type: Article

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