Burial increases seed longevity of two Artemisia tridentata (Asteraceae) subspecies

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 438-447

  Wijayratne, Upekala C ^a,b   Pyke, David A ^b  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; Nondeep physiological dormancy; Restoration; Seed burial; Seed longevity; Seed persistence; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FLOWERING; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITTER; LONGEVITY; PERSISTENCE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SEED BURIAL; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SOIL SURFACE; STEPPE; SUBSPECIES; VIABILITY;

ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARTEMISIA; LONGEVITY; SEEDS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 84858606685     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000477     Document Type: Article

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