Soil depth detection by seeds and diurnally fluctuating temperatures: Different dynamics in 10 annual plants

Plant and Soil

Volumn 349, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 331-340

  Saatkamp, Arne ^a   Affre, Laurence ^a   Baumberger, Teddy ^a   Dumas, Pierre Jean ^a   Gasmi, Aïda ^a   Gachet, Sophie ^a   Arène, Fabien ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bifora testiculata; Centaurea solstitialis; Diurnal temperature range (DTR); Seed size; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; DIURNAL VARIATION; GERMINATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MORTALITY; SEED; SEED BANK; SEED BURIAL; SEED SIZE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VIABILITY;

BIFORA TESTICULATA; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA SOLSTITIALIS;

EID: 82655181949     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0878-8     Document Type: Article

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