Fleshy fruits - Origins, niche shifts, and diversification

Oikos

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-272

  Bolmgren, Kjell ^a   Eriksson, Ove ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT RELATED BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 17144394159     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.12663.x     Document Type: Article

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