Seed size and shade-tolerance: A comparative analysis of North American temperate trees

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 432-440

  Hewitt, Nina ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative method; Establishment conditions; Gymnosperms; Seed size; Temperate trees

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; HARDWOOD; SEED SIZE; SHADE TOLERANCE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031967351     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050467     Document Type: Article

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