Ecological correlates of seed size in the British flora

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 762-766

  Hodkinson, D J ^a,b   Askew, A P ^a   Thompson, K ^a   Hodgson, J G ^a   Bakker, J P ^a   Bekker, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life history; Phylogeny; Seed longevity; Seed size; Shade

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; SEED SIZE; SHADING;

EID: 0031677006     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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