Correlates of seed size in a subalpine meadow on the east part of the Tibet plateau

Ecoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-15

  Zhang, Shi Ting ^a   Du, Guo Zhen ^a   Chen, Jia Kuan ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow; Dispersal mode; Family membership; Onset of flowering; Plant height; Seed size

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MEADOW; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 1842780016     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2004.11682804     Document Type: Article

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