Dormancy‐defense syndromes and tradeoffs between physical and chemical defenses in seeds of pioneer species
Seeds of tropical pioneer trees have chemical and physical characteristics that determine their capacity to persist in the soil seed bank. These traits allow seeds to survive in the soil despite diverse predators and pathogens, and to germinate and recruit even decades after dispersal. Defenses in s...
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Wiley
2018
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