Ecological characteristics of the flora of the Northwest Iberian Peninsula

Plant Ecology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Buide, Maria Luisa ^a   Sánchez, José María ^a   Guitián, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Dispersal; Flora of Galicia; Life forms; Northwest Iberian Peninsula; Pollination

Indexed keywords

FLORA; LIFE FORM; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE MODE; SEED DISPERSAL;

SPAIN, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0031977210     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009737001719     Document Type: Article

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