Is fire a selective force of seed size in pine species?

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 21, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 245-256

  Escudero, Adrián ^a   Núñez, Yolanda ^a   Pérez García, Félix ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire; Heat shocks; Pine species; Seed size; Seedling growth

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FIRE; NATURAL SELECTION; SEED SIZE;

SPAIN;

PINUS CANARIENSIS; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 0034541757     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(00)01083-3     Document Type: Article

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