Humidity-regulated dormancy onset in the Fabaceae: A conceptual model and its ecological implications for the Australian wattle Acacia saligna

Annals of Botany

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 579-590

  Tozer, Mark G ^a   Ooi, Mark K J ^b  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia saligna; After ripening; Climate change; Fabaceae; Fire; Humidity; Invasive species; Physical dormancy; Seed bank; Wattle

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMIDITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIPENING; SEED BANK; SEED DORMANCY;

AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DORMANCY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; SEASON;

ACACIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMIDITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; PLANT DORMANCY; SEASONS;

EID: 84907396761     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu144     Document Type: Article

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