Seed size variation: magnitude, distribution, and ecological correlates

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 157-166

  Michaels, Helen J ^a   Benner, B ^a   Hartgerink, A P ^a   Lee, T D ^a   Rice, S ^a   Willson, Mary F ^a   Bertin, Robert I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Seed size variation

Indexed keywords

SEED MASS; SEED SIZE;

USA, ILLINOIS;

EID: 0024233641     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: 15738477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02067274     Document Type: Article

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