Seed production in Festuca novae-zelandiae: The effect of altitude and pre-dispersal predation

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 503-509

  Lord, J M ^a   Kelly, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Altitude; Festuca novae zelandiae; Poaceae; Reproduction; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERING; NEW ZEALAND; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; PLANT DENSITY; SEED PRODUCTION;

ALTITUDE; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

DIPLOTOXA MOOREI; FESTUCA NOVAE-ZELANDIAE;

EID: 0032750108     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1999.9512649     Document Type: Article

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