Ecological consequences and ontogeny of seed heteromorphism

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-36

  Imbert, Eric ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Dispersal; Germination; Plasticity; Seed morphology

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLASTICITY; SEED PRODUCTION;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ASTERACEAE; CREPIS;

EID: 0036067669     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00021     Document Type: Article

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