Sexual dimorphism, sex ratio and spatial distribution of male and female shrubs in the dioecious species Pistacia lentiscus L.

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 163-174

  Barradas, Mari Cruz Díaz ^a   Correia, Otilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Mediterranean scrub; Nitrogen; Sexual differences

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; GROWTH RATE; LEAF; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PORTUGAL; SERRA DA ARRABIDA NATURAL PARK;

PISTACIA LENTISCUS;

EID: 0032745684     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803082     Document Type: Article

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