Genetic niche-hiking: An alternative explanation for the evolution of flammability

Oikos

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 431-442

  Schwilk, Dylan W ^a   Kerr, Benjamin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FIRE; FITNESS; FLAMMABILITY; GENETICS;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0036957719     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.11730.x     Document Type: Article

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