Impacts of growth form and phylogenetic relatedness on seed germination: A large‐scale analysis of a subtropical regional flora

JH Wang, GX Xu, W Chen, YB Ma, W Qi… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plant regeneration strategy plays a critical role in species survival and can be used as a
proxy for the evolutionary response of species to climate change. However, information on …

Germination characteristics is more associated with phylogeny-related traits of species in a salinized grassland of northeastern China

M Zhao, Z Liu, H Zhang, Y Wang, H Yan - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Knowing the determinants of seed germination helps us understand plant adaptive
strategies to the environment and predict population and community regeneration under …

Functional trade‐offs and the phylogenetic dispersion of seed traits in a biodiversity hotspot of the Mountains of Southwest China

K Chen, KS Burgess, XY Yang, YH Luo… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The diversity of traits associated with plant regeneration is often shaped by functional trade‐
offs where plants typically do not excel at every function because resources allocated to one …

Seed mass and plant origin interact to determine species germination patterns

A Veselá, T Dostálek, M Rokaya, Z Münzbergová - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Ongoing changes in temperature and precipitation regime may have strong impact on
vulnerable life-history stages such as germination. Differences in germination patterns …

The seed germination spectrum of 486 plant species: A global meta-regression and phylogenetic pattern in relation to temperature and water potential

K Maleki, E Soltani, CE Seal, L Colville… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2024 - Elsevier
The germination niche of plant species depends primarily on the seeds' responsiveness to
temperature and water potential. However, to appreciate future climate risks to natural …

[HTML][HTML] Asymmetric Effects of Temperature Change on Herbaceous Seed Germination: Implications for Climate Warming

K Chen, ZH Chen, ZH Jiang - Diversity, 2024 - mdpi.com
Seed germination is a critical ecological process that governs both the establishment and
maintenance of plant diversity and is highly sensitive to temperature fluctuations. As climate …

Seed germination responses to seasonal temperature and drought stress are species‐specific but not related to seed size in a desert steppe: Implications for effect of …

F Yi, Z Wang, CC Baskin, JM Baskin, R Ye… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Investigating how seed germination of multiple species in an ecosystem responds to
environmental conditions is crucial for understanding the mechanisms for community …

The seed germination spectrum of 528 plant species: a global meta-regression in relation to temperature and water potential

K Maleki, E Soltani, CE Seal, HW Pritchard… - BioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
The germination niche of plant species depends primarily on the seeds' responsiveness to
temperature and water potential. However, to appreciate future climate risks to natural …

Seed germination strategies: an evolutionary trajectory independent of vegetative functional traits

GL Hoyle, KJ Steadman, RB Good… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Seed germination strategies vary dramatically among species but relatively little is known
about how germination traits correlate with other elements of plant strategy systems …

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

DJ Ten Brink, HP Hendriksma, HH Bruun - Annals of Botany, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims This study examined the adaptive association between seed
germination ecology and specialization to either forest or open habitats across a range of …