Enhanced UV-B radiation increases the reproductive effort in the Mediterranean shrub Cistus creticus under field conditions

Plant Ecology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-96

  Stephanou, M ^a   Manetas, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cistus creticus; Reproductive effort; UV B radiation

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEED MASS; ULTRABILOET-B;

GREECE, PATRAS;

CISTACEAE; CISTUS CRETICUS;

EID: 0031888865     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009773105854     Document Type: Article

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