Simulating the germination response to diurnally alternating temperatures under climate change scenarios: Comparative studies on Carex diandra seeds

Annals of Botany

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 201-209

  Fernández Pascual, Eduardo ^a   Seal, Charlotte E ^b   Pritchard, Hugh W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardinal temperature models; climate change; germination thermal threshold models; physiological dormancy; plant regeneration; plant climate interactions; representative concentration pathways; seed ecology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; GERMINATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; REGENERATION; SEDGE; SEED; SIMULATION; WETLAND;

CAREX DIANDRA;

CAREX (GENUS); CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; GERMINATION; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

CAREX PLANT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; GERMINATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84922575916     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu234     Document Type: Article

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