Evolution of life history in balsam fir (Abies balsamea) in subalpine forests

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1420, 1999, Pages 729-733

  Silvertown, Jonathan ^a   Dodd, Mike ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea life history evolution; Age at first reproduction; Phenotypic plasticity; Subalpine; Wave regeneration

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FOREST; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FOREST; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TREE;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 0033531643     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0697     Document Type: Article

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