Interaction Between "Safe Sites" and "Safe Sides" for Germination of Neurada procumbens (Neuradaceae) in the Middle East

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-192

  Hegazy, Ahmad K ^a,d   Alatar, Abdulrahman A ^a   Khan, M Ajmal ^a,b   Lovett Doust, Jon ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Asymmetrically spinose fruits; Depth of burial; Diaspores; Seed bank persistence; Seed germination; Seed output; Seed diaspore orientation; Seedlings

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; DIASPORE; GERMINATION; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL DEPTH; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

MIDDLE EAST;

NEURADA; NEURADA PROCUMBENS; NEURADACEAE;

EID: 84903162218     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-013-9187-8     Document Type: Article

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