germination_fire: Seed germination as affected by fire

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Description

Two datasets on the germination success of seeds of four Melaleuca species, when subjected to temperature, fire cue, and dehydration treatments. Seeds were collected from a number of sites and subjected to 6 temperature treatments and fire cues (in the fire germination data), or two a range of dehydration levels (in the water germination data).

This dataset contains the fire treatment data.

Usage

germination_fire

Format

A data frame with 576 rows and 7 variables:

species

factor One of four Melaleuca species

temp

integer Temperature treatment (C)

fire.cues

integer Fire cue treatment (yes or no)

site

integer Coding for the site where the seed was collected

cabinet

integer ID for the cabinet where seeds were treated

germ

integer Number of germinated seeds

n

integer Number of seeds tested (20 for all rows)

Source

Data are from Hewitt et al. 2015 (Austral Ecology 40(6):661-671), shared by Charles Morris, and simplified for the purpose of this book.

See Also

germination_water

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