Soil moisture and fungi affect seed survival in California Grassland annual plants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Mordecai, Erin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE;

ANNUAL PLANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSLAND; NONHUMAN; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PLANT SEED; PLANT WATER RELATION; PLANT WATER USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WINTER;

CALIFORNIA; FUNGI; POACEAE; SEEDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84862189550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039083     Document Type: Article

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