
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Willis, Anthony J. 
A1  - Groves, Richard H. 
A1  - Ash, Julian E. 
T1  - Seed Ecology of <emph type="2">Hypericum gramineum</emph>, an Australian Forb
JF  - Australian Journal of Botany
JO  - Aust. J. Bot.
Y1  - 1998
VL  - 45
IS  - 6
SP  - 1009
EP  - 1022
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BT96074 
N2  - Aspects of the seed ecology of Hypericum gramineum Forster, a perennial forb that is native to Australia, were examined in several germination and seed predation experiments. Fresh seeds were innately dormant. Highest germination of non-dormant seeds occurred in the light at a temperature regime of approximately 35/25&#x02DA;C. The results of field experiments indicated that there was no strongly seasonal effect on germination. Predators, such as ants, removed &#60; 20% seeds, thereby suggesting that post-dispersal seed predation is relatively unimportant in the dynamics of H. gramineum populations. Seeds that escape predation and that fail to germinate after dispersal may be incorporated into a persistent soil seed bank. 
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