Seed survival in soil: Interacting effects of predation, dormancy and the soil microbial community

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-95

  Dalling, James W ^a,b   Davis, Adam S ^c   Schutte, Brian J ^c   Elizabeth Arnold, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical dormancy; Physiological dormancy; Plant defence theory; Plant pathogens; Plant herbivore interactions; Seed persistence; Seed infecting fungi; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; IMBIBITION; INSECT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NATURAL ENEMY; PERSISTENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEED BANK; SEED DORMANCY; SEED PREDATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SURVIVAL; VERTEBRATE;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650392236     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01739.x     Document Type: Article

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