Rainforest plants protect their investments

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 471-473

  Mazer, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FOREST; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLANT GROWTH; PROTECTION; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0031765496     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01487-6     Document Type: Article

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