Reproductive patterns in annual legume species on an aridity gradient

Vegetatio

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-59

  Ehrman, T ^a,b   Cocks, P S ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aridity; Desert annuals; Ecotypic differentiation; Mediterranean legumes

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; ARIDITY GRADIENT; DESERT; LEGUME; REPRODUCTIVE PATTERN;

ASIA, (WEST);

LEGUMINOSAE;

EID: 0029668702     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052815     Document Type: Article

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