Light conditions and the evolution of heteroblasty (and the divaricate form) in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-54

  Day, Jamie S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; GROWTH FORM; HETEROBLASTY; LIGHT INTENSITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

CARPODETUS SERRATUS; ELAEOCARPUS HOOKERIANUS; PSEUDOPANAX CRASSIFOLIUS;

EID: 0031686810     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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