Bud dormancy as a bet-hedging strategy

American Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 269-281

  Nilsson, Patric ^a   Tuomi, Juha ^a   Åström, Marten ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENCE; BET-HEDGING; BUD DORMANCY; HERBIVORY;

EID: 0029667538     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285849     Document Type: Article

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