Effect of storage conditions on germination of seeds of 489 species from high elevation grasslands of the eastern Tibet Plateau and some implications for climate change

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-19

  Liu, Kun ^a,b   Baskin, Jerry M ^b   Baskin, Carol C ^b,c   Bu, Haiyan ^b   Liu, Mingxia ^b   Liu, Wei ^b   Du, Guozhen ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Germination; Storage condition; Tibet Plateau; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED; SEED DORMANCY; STORAGE;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SEED DORMANCY; TEMPERATURE;

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMINATION; HUMIDITY; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; SEED DORMANCY; TEMPERATURE; TIBET;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 78651070255     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000043     Document Type: Article

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