Reproductive attributes of Campanula populations from Mt Olympos, Greece

Plant Ecology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-88

  Blionis, George J ^a   Vokou, Despina ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Campanulaceae; Elevation; Fruits; Germination; Reproductive losses; Seeds

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GERMINATION; REPRODUCTION; SEED; TRADE-OFF;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MOUNT OLYMPUS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALY; WORLD;

CAMPANULA; CAMPANULA GLOMERATA; CAMPANULACEAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; STENO;

EID: 21044439422     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-004-2495-6     Document Type: Article

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