ISSN:
1573-5052
Keywords:
Centaurium littorale
;
Germination ecology
;
Plantago coronopus
;
Samolus valerandi
;
Seed dormancy
;
Vegetation dynamics
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Populations of short-lived pioneer species from brackish primary dune slacks and beach plains usually have to cope with unpredictably fluctuating abiotic conditions. Life history parameters play a major role in adaptation to temporal environmental heterogeneity. A population's susceptibility to fluctuating salinity levels may be largely determined by seed dormancy characteristics (e.g. seed variability, degree of enforced dormancy imposed by salinity) and juvenile salt resistance rather than by adult salt resistance.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00039824
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