Germination response to various temperature regimes of four Mediterranean seeder shrubs across a range of altitudes

Plant Ecology

Volumn 214, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1431-1441

  Chamorro, Daniel ^a   Luna, Belén ^a   Moreno, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elevation gradient; Global warming; Niche breadth; Physical dormancy; Species range

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; DORMANCY; FIRE; GERMINATION; HEAT SHOCK; NICHE BREADTH; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEASON; SHRUB; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING;

SPAIN;

EID: 84887603273     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-013-0264-0     Document Type: Article

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