From seed to seedling: A critical transitional stage for the Mediterranean psammophilous species Dianthus morisianus (Caryophyllaceae)

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 910-917

  Cogoni, D ^a   Mattana, E ^a   Fenu, G ^a   Bacchetta, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endemic; sand dune; Sardinia; seed burial; seed germination; soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; DIANTHUS; DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS;

EID: 84855574685     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2011.647106     Document Type: Article

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