Seed size, fruit size, and dispersal systems in angiosperms from the early cretaceous to the late tertiary

American Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-58

  Eriksson, Ove ^a   Friis, Else Marie ^b   Löfgren, Per ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Climate change; Cretaceous Tertiary boundary; Dispersal systems; Plant disperser interactions; Seeds

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FLOWERING PLANT; FOSSIL RECORD; FRUIT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; TERTIARY;

EID: 0034044214     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303367     Document Type: Article

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