Characteristics of fleshy fruits in southeast Alaska: Phylogenetic comparison with fruits from Illinois

Ecography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-48

  Traveset, Anna ^a   Willson, Mary F ^b   Verdú, Miguel ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Ctro Invest Sobre Desertificacion ^*  (United States)

^c CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH FORM; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHENOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEED PRODUCTION;

ALASKA; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PHYLO;

EID: 1642396727     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2004.03679.x     Document Type: Article

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