Interspecific variation in seed mass and the co-existence of conifer species: A null model test

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 353-363

  Veech, Joseph A ^a   Charlet, David A ^b   Jenkins, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Department of Social Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Conifer; Great Basin; Null model; Seed size variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013441109     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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