Seed production and germination in two rare and three common co-occurring Acacia species from south-east Australia

• Published in: Austral ecology Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 271 - 280
• Main Authors: BROWN, J., ENRIGHT, N. J., MILLER, B. P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2003; Blackwell
• Subjects: Acacia; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; fire; forms of rarity; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; heat stimulated germination; seed set; seed size; Synecology; Terrestrial ecosystems; Australia; Oceania; South Australia; Biometrics; Seed set; Temperature; Leguminosae; Dicotyledones; Interspecific comparison; Germination; Angiospermae; Acacia; Environmental factor; Spermatophyta; Rare species

Seed set, size, viability and germination requirements were investigated for two rare (Acacia ausfeldii and A. willianisonii) and three common (A. pycnantha, A. genistifolia and A.paradoxa) co‐occurring congeners in box‐ironbark eucalypt forests near Bendigo, south‐east Australia to investigate corr...