Plant phenology—the timing of cyclic or recurrent biological events in plants—offers insight
into the ecology, evolution, and seasonality of plant‐mediated ecosystem processes …

We present a new seed dormancy classification scheme for the non‐deep level of the class
physiological dormancy (PD), which contains six types. Non‐deep PD is divided into two …

Temperature is a key factor affecting both dormancy and germination. In non-dormant seeds,
when temperature is within the thermal range permissive for germination, it just regulates …

Organisms develop through multiple life stages that differ in environmental tolerances. The
seasonal timing, or phenology, of life-stage transitions determines the environmental …

Abstract Big sagebrush, Artemisia tridentata Nuttall (Asteraceae), is the dominant plant
species of large portions of semiarid western North America. However, much of historical big …

The response of plant development rate (including germination rate) to temperature might
be described as a non-linear function. We compared 3 non-linear regression models (Dent …

Primula beesiana Forr. is an attractive wildflower endemically distributed in the wet habitats
of subalpine/alpine regions of southwestern China. This study is an attempt to understand …

Resilience of rice cropping systems to potential global climate change will partly depend on
the temperature tolerance of pollen germination (PG) and tube growth (PTG). Pollen …

Abstract Background and Aims The importance of thermal thresholds for predicting seed
dormancy release and germination timing under the present climate conditions and …

Invasion and dominance of weedy species is facilitated or constrained by environmental and
ecological factors that affect resource availability during critical life stages. We compared the …