Water loss from flower heads predicts seed release in two invasive thistles

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-65

  Marchetto, Katherine M ^a   Jongejans, Eelke ^b   Shea, Katriona ^a   Auhl, Richard ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

Author keywords

Carduus acanthoides; Carduus nutans; evapotranspiration; seed dispersal; xerochasty

Indexed keywords

CARDUUS; CARDUUS ACANTHOIDES; CARDUUS NUTANS;

EID: 84868226750     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2012.667841     Document Type: Article

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