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Temperature Germination Responses in Three Mediterranean Evergreen Sclerophylls

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Components of productivity of Mediterranean-climate regions Basic and applied aspects

Part of the book series: Tasks for Vegetation Science ((TAVS,volume 4))

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Distribution data of the mediterranean evergreen sclerophylls along summer drought and winter cold stress gradients in Greece (Mitrakos 1980), do not support current views (Dunn et al. 1976) concerning their convergent evolution under Mediterranean climatic conditions.

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  1. Institute of General Botany, University of Athens, Athens 621, Greece

    K. Mitrakos

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  1. Laboratory of Ecology, University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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Mitrakos, K. (1981). Temperature Germination Responses in Three Mediterranean Evergreen Sclerophylls. In: Margaris, N.S., Mooney, H.A. (eds) Components of productivity of Mediterranean-climate regions Basic and applied aspects. Tasks for Vegetation Science, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8683-1_35

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