Habitat specialization through germination cueing: a comparative study of herbs from forests and open habitats | Zendy

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Habitat specialization through germination cueing: a comparative study of herbs from forests and open habitats

Author(s) -

Dirk-Jan ten Brink,

Harmen P. Hendriksma,

Hans Henrik Bruun

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcs253

Subject(s) - biology , germination , stratification (seeds) , habitat , ecology , dormancy , temperate climate , seed dormancy , botany

This study examined the adaptive association between seed germination ecology and specialization to either forest or open habitats across a range of evolutionary lineages of seed plants, in order to test the hypotheses that (1) species' specialization to open vs. shaded habitats is consistently accompanied by specialization in their regeneration niche; and (2) species are thereby adapted to utilize different windows of opportunity in time (season) and space (habitat).

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