Tanned or Burned: The Role of Fire in Shaping Physical Seed Dormancy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Moreira, Bruno ^a   Pausas, Juli G ^a  

^a Atmosphere and Ocean Laboratory   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FIRE; GERMINATION; HEAT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL SEED DORMANCY; SEED DORMANCY; SUMMER; ULEX; ULEX PARVIFLORUS;

CISTACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; FABACEAE; FIRES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; SEED DORMANCY; TEMPERATURE;

ULEX PARVIFLORUS;

EID: 84870820450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051523     Document Type: Article

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