Correlations between growth form, habitat, and fruit colour in the New Zealand flora, with reference to frugivory by lizards

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 567-576

  Lord, Janice M ^a   Marshall, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Frugivory; Fruit colour; Fruit size; Growth form; Lizard; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; LIZARD;

NEW ZEALAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; COPROSMA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0035714337     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2001.9512760     Document Type: Article

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