Climate change and plant regeneration from seed

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2145-2161

  Walck, Jeffrey L ^a   Hidayati, Siti N ^a   Dixon, Kingsley W ^b,c   Thompson, Ken ^d   Poschlod, Peter ^e  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germination phenology; Global climate change; Recruitment; Seed dormancy; Seed germination; Seedling emergence; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GERMINATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MATURATION; PHENOLOGY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEED BANK; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; VIGOR;

EID: 79955075549     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02368.x     Document Type: Review

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