Comparative water balance profiles of Orchidaceae seeds for epiphytic and terrestrial taxa endemic to North America

Plant Ecology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-17

  Yoder, Jay A ^a   Imfeld, Samantha M ^a   Heydinger, Derrick J ^a   Hart, Chloé E ^a   Collier, Matthew H ^a   Gribbins, Kevin M ^a   Zettler, Lawrence W ^b  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mycotrophy; Orchidaceae; Permeability; Platanthera; Seeds; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EPIPHYTE; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; HERB; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE; PERMEABILITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; WATER BUDGET;

NORTH AMERICA;

CLEISTES BIFARIA; ENCYCLIA TAMPENSIS; EPIDENDRUM NOCTURNUM; FUNGI; HABENARIA REPENS; ISOTRIA MEDEOLOIDES; LIPARIS ELATA; ORCHIDACEAE; PLATANTHERA; PLATANTHERA HOLOCHILA; PLATANTHERA INTEGRILABIA; PLATANTHERA LEUCOPHAEA;

EID: 77957923421     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9765-2     Document Type: Article

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