Name: Jerry M. Baskin
Academic title: Professor
Subject categories: plant ecology, plant geography, and plant
evolutionary ecology
E-mail: jmbask0@email.uky.edu
Research Interests: (1) life cycle and germination ecology of woody and herbaceous species of
angiosperms, (2) biology, conservation, and geographical ecology of plant taxa endemic to
cedar (limestone) glades of unglaciated eastern United States, and (3) plant geography of
Kentucky.
Publications (part):
Baskin, C. C. and J.M. Baskin. 1998. "Seeds: Ecology, biogeography, and evolution of dormancy
and germination." Academic Press, San Diego.
Baskin, C. C. and J. M. Baskin (1988). "Germination ecophysiology of herbaceous plant species
in a temperate region." American Journal of Botany: 286-305.
Baskin, C. C., et al. (1993). "Annual seed dormancy cycles in two desert winter annuals." Journal
of Ecology: 551-556.
Baskin, C. C., et al. (1995). "Two types of morphophysiological dormancy in seeds of two genera
(Osmorhiza and Erythronium) with an Arcto-Tertiary distribution pattern." American Journal
of Botany: 293-298.
Baskin, C. C., et al. (2006). "Mistakes in germination ecology and how to avoid them." Seed
science research 16(3): 165-168.
Baskin, J. M. and C. C. Baskin (1973). "Plant population differences in dormancy and germination
characteristics of seeds: heredity or environment?" American midland naturalist: 493-498.
Baskin, J. M. and C. C. Baskin (1976). "High temperature requirement for afterripening in seeds
of winter annuals." New Phytologist 77(3): 619-624.
Baskin, J. M. and C. C. Baskin (1977). "Role of temperature in the germination ecology of three
summer annual weeds." Oecologia 30(4): 377-382.
Baskin, J. M. and C. C. Baskin (1978). "The seed bank in a population of an endemic plant species
and its ecological significance." Biological Conservation 14(2): 125-130.
Baskin, J. M. and C. C. Baskin (1980). "Ecophysiology of secondary dormancy in seeds of
Ambrosia artemisiifolia." Ecology: 475-480.
Baskin, J. M. and C. C. Baskin (1983). "Seasonal changes in the germination responses of buried
seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana and ecological interpretation." Botanical Gazette: 540-543.
Baskin, J. M. and C. C. Baskin (1985). "The annual dormancy cycle in buried weed seeds: a
continuum." BioScience 35(8): 492-498.
Baskin, J. M. and C. C. Baskin (1985). "Does seed dormancy play a role in the germination
ecology of Rumex crispus?" Weed Science 33.
Baskin, J. M. and C. C. Baskin (1988). "Endemism in rock outcrop plant communities of
unglaciated eastern United States: an evaluation of the roles of the edaphic, genetic and light
factors." Journal of Biogeography.
Baskin, J. M. and C. C. Baskin (1990). "Germination ecophysiology of seeds of the winter annual
Chaerophyllum tainturieri: a new type of morphophysiological dormancy." The Journal of
Ecology: 993-1004.
Baskin, J. M. and C. C. Baskin (1991). "Nondeep complex morphophysiological dormancy in
seeds of Osmorhiza claytonii (Apiaceae)." American journal of botany (USA).
Baskin, J. M., et al. (1998). "A comparative study of seed dormancy and germination in an annual
and a perennial species of Senna (Fabaceae)." Seed science research 8(4): 501-512.
Baskin, J. M. and C. C. Baskin (2000). "Evolutionary considerations of claims for physical
dormancy-break by microbial action and abrasion by soil particles." Seed science research
10(4): 409-414.
Baskin, J. M. and C. C. Baskin (2000). "Vegetation of limestone and dolomite glades in the
Ozarks and Midwest regions of the United States." Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden:
286-294.
Baskin, J. M. and C. C. Baskin (2003). "Classification, biogeography, and phylogenetic
relationships of seed dormancy." Smith, RD; Dickie, JB; Linnington, SH: 517-544.
Baskin, J. M. and C. C. Baskin (2003). "The vascular flora of cedar glades of the southeastern
United States and its phytogeographical relationships." Journal of the Torrey Botanical
Society: 101-118.
Baskin, J. M. and C. C. Baskin (2004). "A classification system for seed dormancy." Seed science
research 14(1): 1-16.
Baskin, J. M., et al. (2000). "Taxonomy, anatomy and evolution of physical dormancy in seeds."
Plant Species Biology 15(2): 139-152.
Baskin, J. M., et al. (2004). "Physical dormancy in seeds of Dodonaea viscosa (Sapindales,
Sapindaceae) from Hawaii." Seed science research 14(1): 81-90.
Baskin, J. M., et al. (2013). "The necessity for testing germination of fresh seeds in studies on
diaspore heteromorphism as a life-history strategy." Seed science research 23(02): 83-88.
Baskin, J. M., et al. (2014). "Diaspore dispersal ability and degree of dormancy in heteromorphic
species of cold deserts of northwest China: A review." Perspectives in Plant Ecology,
Evolution and Systematics 16(2): 93-99.