Ecological correlates of achene mass variation in Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Asteraceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 471-477

  Meyer, Susan E ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Asteraceae; Chrysothamnus nauseosus; Composite shrub; Edaphic endemism; Rubber rabbitbrush; Seed dispersal; Seed size

Indexed keywords

ACHENE MASS; CAPITULUM; GENETIC VARIATION;

(WEST); NORTH AMERICA;

ASTERACEAE; CAPITULUM; CHRYSOTHAMNUS; CHRYSOTHAMNUS NAUSEOSUS; ERICAMERIA NAUSEOSA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0030807214     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446023     Document Type: Article

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