Flowering, fruiting and seed germination in Chilean rain forest myrtaceae: Ecological and phylogenetic constraints

Plant Ecology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-131

  Smith Ramírez, Cecilia ^a   Armesto, Juan J ^a   Figueroa, Javier ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Chiloe; Plant animal mutualism; Pollination ecology; Seed dispersal; Seed dormancy; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; FRUITING; GERMINATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT; RAINFOREST;

CHILE, ISLA GRANDE DE CHILOE;

MYRTACEAE;

EID: 0031804347     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009730810655     Document Type: Article

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