Effect of mother plant age on germination and size of seeds and seedlings in the perennial sedge Carex secalina (Cyperaceae)

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-163

  Lembicz, Marlena ^a   Olejniczak, Paweł ^b   Zukowski, Waldemar ^a   Bogdanowicz, Agnieszka M ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Age effects on diaspores; Iteroparous herbs; Plant size; Seed mass

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; GERMINATION; HERB; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SEDGE; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING;

CAREX SECALINA; CYPERACEAE;

EID: 79551503501     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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