Seed mass effects across environments in an annual dune plant

Annals of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 555-563

  Zhang, Jianhua ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

environmental heterogeneity; intercorrelation among traits; plasticity; sand dune; Seed mass; seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

CAKILE EDENTULA; BRASSICACEAE;

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATION; SEED MASS;

EID: 0030463805     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0070     Document Type: Article

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