Environmental factors controlling seed germination and seedling recruitment of Stipa bungeana on the Loess Plateau of northwestern China

Ecological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 801-809

  Hu, Xiao Wen ^a   Zhou, Zhi Qin ^a   Li, Ting Shan ^a   Wu, Yan Pei ^a   Wang, Yan Rong ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Burial depth; Hydrotime; Light; Nitrogen; Temperature; Thermal time; Water potential

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERMINATION; LIGHT; LOESS; PLANT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEASON; SEED; SEEDLING; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL DEPTH; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WATER STRESS;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

STIPA BUNGEANA;

EID: 84883745240     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-013-1063-8     Document Type: Article

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