The influence of cone age on the relative longevity of Banksia seeds

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-309

  Crawford, A D ^a,b   Plummer, J A ^b   Probert, R J ^c   Steadman, K J ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banksia attenuata; Banksia hookeriana; Banksia leptophylla; Proteaceae; seed; serotiny; storage; viability

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; GENETIC VARIATION; LONGEVITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEED; SEROTINY; SURVIVAL; VIABILITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GERMINATION; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PROTEACEAE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GERMINATION; LONGEVITY; PROTEACEAE; SEEDS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BANKSIA; BANKSIA ATTENUATA; BANKSIA HOOKERIANA; BANKSIA LEPTOPHYLLA; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 79551568794     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq236     Document Type: Article

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