Are sub-alpine firs evolving towards semelparity?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-80

  Silvertown, Jonathan ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abies; Life history evolution; Semelparity; Wave regeneration

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; SEMELPARITY; WAVE REGENERATION;

JAPAN; USA, (NORTHEAST);

ABIES; ABIES SPP.;

EID: 0029668359     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01239348     Document Type: Article

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