Risk of grazing and flower number in a perennial plant

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 428-434

  Ehrlén, Johan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWER NUMBER; FRUIT SET; GRAZING; REPRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT; SEED PREDATION;

FABACEAE; LATHYRUS VERNUS;

EID: 0031458444     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546615     Document Type: Article

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