Seed mass, habitat and life history: A re-analysis of Salisbury (1942, 1974)

New Phytologist

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 163-167

  Thompson, Ken ^a   Hodkinson, Dunmail J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congeners; Life history; Phylogeny; Seed size; Shade

Indexed keywords

SEED MASS; SHADE;

EID: 0031861379     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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