Developmental instability of plants and radiation from Chernobyl

Oikos

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 444-448

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAESIUM-137; DEVELOPMENT INSTABILITY; FLUCUATING ASYMETRY; RADIATION;

CHERNOBYL; UKRAINE;

MATRICARIA PERFORATA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 0031960983     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546765     Document Type: Article

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