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PJB-2011-374

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GERMINATION AND SEED SIZE IN ALPINE SHRUBS IN TIBETAN PLATEAU

WU GAO-LIN1,2* LI WEI1,2 AND DU GUO-ZHEN2
Abstract

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Seed germination is related to seed size in many herbs species, but few studies investigated the relationship between germination and seed size in shrubs. We examined the correlation of seed size and germination percentage, germination rate and germination persistence time for 29 alpine shrubs in the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. Results showed that seed size was significant negatively correlated with coefficients of variation (r = -0.709, p

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