Seed production and population density decline approaching the range-edge of Cirsium species

New Phytologist

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 349-358

  Jump, Alistair S ^a   Woodward, F Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cirsium; Clonal reproduction; Geographical range; Latitudinal gradient; Morphology; Population density; Quantitative trait; Seed production

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEED PRODUCTION;

CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM ACAULE; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; HETEROPHYLLUM;

EID: 0142216279     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00873.x     Document Type: Article

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