Population-level estimates of interannual variability in seed production: What do they actually tell us?

Oikos

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 612-616

  Herrera, Carlos M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

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EID: 0031849538     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546384     Document Type: Review

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