Seedling relative growth rate and its components in relation to seed size: Phylogenetically independent contrasts

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 176-184

  Swanborough, P ^a,b   Westoby, M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CRC TREM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deployment; LWR; Meristems; NAR

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MERISTEM VOLUME; RELATIVE GROWTH RATE; SEED SIZE;

EID: 0030468477     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389841     Document Type: Article

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