Pre-zygotic parental environment modulates seed longevity

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 837-848

  Kochanek, Jitka ^a   Buckley, Yvonne M ^a   Probert, Robin J ^b   Adkins, Steve W ^a   Steadman, Kathryn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parental environment; Pre zygotic; Seed longevity; Storage effect; Wahlenbergia tumidifructa

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLOWER; FLOWERING; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; LONGEVITY; SEED BANK; SEED PRODUCTION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA;

WAHLENBERGIA TUMIDIFRUCTA;

EID: 78049469239     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02118.x     Document Type: Article

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