The selection of pollen and seed dispersal in plants

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-67

  Webb, Colin J ^a  

^a Sci and Technology   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Dispersal curves; Pollen dispersal; Seed dimorphism; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032426742     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.1998.tb00248.x     Document Type: Review

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