Fecundity above the species level: Ovule number and brood size in the Genisteae (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 887-896

  Herrera, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abortion; Mediterranean; Reproduction; Seed set; Shrublands

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; FECUNDITY; PLANT;

CYTISUS; ULEX;

EID: 0032702527     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314183     Document Type: Article

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