Germination strategies of 20 alpine species with varying seed mass and light availability

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 404-411

  Wu, Gao Lin ^a,b   Du, Guo Zhen ^b   Shi, Zhi Hua ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

species specific response.

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FIELD METHOD; GERMINATION; LIFE HISTORY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MEADOW; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84892862238     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: 14449862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT12119     Document Type: Article

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