Seed dormancy and persistent sediment seed banks of ephemeral freshwater rock pools in the Australian monsoon tropics

Annals of Botany

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 847-859

  Cross, Adam T ^a,b   Turner, Shane R ^a,b   Renton, Michael ^a   Baskin, Jerry M ^c   Dixon, Kingsley W ^a,b   Merritt, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ephemeral freshwater wetland; ethylene; hydrophytes; sandstone rock pools; sediment seed bank; seed dormancy; seed germination; seedling emergence patterns

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EPHEMERAL LAKE; ETHYLENE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONSOON; SEED BANK; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; FRESH WATER; FURAN DERIVATIVE; GIBBERELLIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN; KARRIKINOLIDE; PHYTOHORMONE; PYRAN DERIVATIVE;

ANGIOSPERM; DORMANCY; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GERMINATION; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEASON; SEDIMENT; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANGIOSPERMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ETHYLENES; FRESH WATER; FURANS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLINS; LIGHT; PLANT DORMANCY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PYRANS; SEASONS; SEEDLINGS; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84927126700     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcv014     Document Type: Article

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