Abscisic Acid in Soil Facilitates Community Succession in Three Forests in China

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 785-793

  Zhao, Houben ^a,c   Peng, Shaolin ^b   Chen, Zhuoquan ^a,d   Wu, Zhongmin ^c   Zhou, Guangyi ^c   Wang, Xu ^c   Qiu, Zhijun ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^d Guangzhou Environmental Protection Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

ABA concentration; Acceleration; Allelopathy; Bioassay; Community succession; ELISA quantification; Leaf litter; Seed germination; Seed mass; Seedling growth

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID;

ABSCISIC ACID; ALLELOCHEMICAL; ALLELOPATHY; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; INHIBITOR; LEAF LITTER; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SEEDLING; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; SOIL; TREE;

ABSCISIC ACID; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDS; SOIL; TREES;

CHINA;

EID: 79959627802     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-011-9970-z     Document Type: Article

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