EJPAU 2007. Stosik T. GENERATIVE REPRODUCTION IN <I>RUMEX CONFERTUS</I> WILLD. POPULATIONS

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2007
Volume 10
Issue 4

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Biology

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Stosik T. 2007. GENERATIVE REPRODUCTION IN RUMEX CONFERTUS WILLD. POPULATIONS, EJPAU 10(4), #36.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume10/issue4/abs-36.html

GENERATIVE REPRODUCTION IN RUMEX CONFERTUS WILLD. POPULATIONS

Tomasz Stosik
Department of Botany and Ecology, University of Technology and Life Sciences, Bydgoszcz, Poland

ABSTRACT

Generative reproduction is crucial in fast and effective dispersal of synanthropic species. Ecological success of these species depends to a high degree on their fertility, seed dispersal adaptations, an ability to sprout over a long period of time and a high germination rate. Russian Dock (Rumex confertus) has a high seed production potential. Its diaspores are adapted to wind dispersal, have a high germination rate, and exhibit an ability to sprout over a long period of time. These features make the species a successful, invasive anthropophyte.

Key words: Rumex confertus, Russian Dock population, generative reproduction, biomass allocation, seed bank, seed mass, germination.

Tomasz Stosik
Department of Botany and Ecology,
University of Technology and Life Sciences, Bydgoszcz, Poland
7 Prof. S. Kaliski St., 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Phone: +48 052 3408154
email: stosik@utp.edu.pl

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