Germination Season and Watering Regime, but Not Seed Morph, Affect Life History Traits in a Cold Desert Diaspore-Heteromorphic Annual

Juan J. Lu; Dun Y. Tan; Jerry M. Baskin; Carol C. Baskin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102018

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Germination Season and Watering Regime, but Not Seed Morph, Affect Life History Traits in a Cold Desert Diaspore-Heteromorphic Annual

Juan J. Lu,

Affiliation Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources and Ecology & Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Western Arid Region Grassland Resources and Ecology, College of Grassland and Environment Sciences, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urümqi, China
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Dun Y. Tan ,

* E-mail: tandunyan@163.com (DYT); ccbask0@uky.edu (CCB)

Affiliation Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources and Ecology & Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Western Arid Region Grassland Resources and Ecology, College of Grassland and Environment Sciences, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urümqi, China
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Jerry M. Baskin,

Affiliations Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources and Ecology & Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Western Arid Region Grassland Resources and Ecology, College of Grassland and Environment Sciences, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urümqi, China, Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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Carol C. Baskin

* E-mail: tandunyan@163.com (DYT); ccbask0@uky.edu (CCB)

Affiliations Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources and Ecology & Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Western Arid Region Grassland Resources and Ecology, College of Grassland and Environment Sciences, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urümqi, China, Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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Germination Season and Watering Regime, but Not Seed Morph, Affect Life History Traits in a Cold Desert Diaspore-Heteromorphic Annual

Juan J. Lu,
Dun Y. Tan,
Jerry M. Baskin,
Carol C. Baskin

Published: July 11, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102018

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