Factors affecting germination of Deschampsia antarctica and Colobanthus quitensis seeds from an altitudinal gradient on Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica)

• Main Author: Vera de la Puente, María Luisa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Altitudinal variation; Antarctica; Vascular plants; Age and storage seeds; Germination; Temperature and photoperiod treatments; Antarctic; Livingston Island; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10651/40759

The temperature, photoperiod, stratification and seed age affected on seed germination of the two Antarctic native vascular plants Deschampsia antarctica and Colobanthus quitensis from different altitudes (10 to 147 m) on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Germination tests were carried out...