A trade-off between fecundity and drought susceptibility in adults and seedlings of Hakea species as influenced by leaf morphology

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 301-309

  Richards, Michael B ^a   Groom, Philip K ^a   Lamont, Byron B ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERINACEA; HAKEA; HAKEA UNDULATA; HAKAE CIRCUMALATA; HAKEA ERINACEA; HAKEA POLYANTHEMA; HAKEA SMILACIFOLIA; PROTEACEA;

DROUGHT SUSCEPTIBILITY; FECUNDITY; FIRE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY;

EID: 0030613221     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT96012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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