The 'foliage is the fruit' hypothesis: Complex adaptations in buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 252-263

  Ortmann, John ^a   Schacht, Walter H ^a   Stubbendieck, James ^a   Brink, Dennis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL;

BUCHLOE DACTYLOIDES;

EID: 0031792869     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)140[0252:TFITFH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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