Seed size variation and predation of seeds produced by wild and crop-wild sunflowers

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 623-627

  Alexander, Helen M ^a   Cummings, Charity L ^a   Kahn, Lisa ^a   Snow, Allison A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Crop wild hybrid; Helianthus annuus; Predation; Seed size; Sunflower

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000651479     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657061     Document Type: Article

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