SELF-BURIAL BEHAVIOR OF ERODIUM-CICUTARIUM SEEDS
SELF-BURIAL BEHAVIOR OF ERODIUM-CICUTARIUM SEEDS
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DOI:
10.2307/2260070
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
STAMP, NE
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作者:
STAMP, NE
The self-planting mechanism of the hygroscopic seeds of E. cicutarium was examined. Burial depended first on the location of crevices by the seeds. The seeds were more likely to establish themselves in large crevices, even when their awn-tails, awn-hairs and carpel-tips were removed experimentally. Once in a crevice, the probability of a seed remaining there and the depth attained were greater when the crevices were small. In small crevices, seeds with intact awns and carpels attained greater depths than that of those without these structures. When crevices were small and common, the seeds became established after 5 uncoiling-recoiling cycles. In large crevices, 8 cycles were required for establishment; when crevices were small and infrequent, 40 cycles were required.