Number and weight of seeds and reproductive strategies of herbaceous plants

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-40

  Šerá, Božena ^a,b   Šerý, Michal ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Height; Lateral spread; Life cycle; Life form; Pollination

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEED DISPERSAL;

INSECTA;

EID: 11044222749     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803262     Document Type: Article

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