Relationship of kinds of seed dormancy with habitat and life history in the Southern Kalahari flora

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 869-879

  Kos, Martijn ^a   Baskin, Carol C ^b   Baskin, Jerry M ^b  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult life span; Bet hedging; Embryo development; Environmental filtering; Environmental variability; Life form; Morphological dormancy; Physical dormancy; Physiological dormancy; Seed dormancy class; Seed mass; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FLORA; HABITAT TYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL TEXTURE;

KALAHARI DESERT;

EID: 84865723884     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01415.x     Document Type: Article

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