Within population variation and interrelationships between morphology, nutritional content, and secondary compounds of Rhamnus alaternus fruits

New Phytologist

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 217-223

  Izhaki, Ido ^a   Tsahar, Ella ^a   Paluy, Irena ^c   Friedman, Jacob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Frugivory; Fruit nutritional content; Fruit size; Intraspecific variation; Plant secondary metabolites; Rhamnus alaternus (Mediterranean buckthom)

Indexed keywords

FRUIT;

AVES; RHAMNACEAE; RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS ALATERNUS;

EID: 0036830020     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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