Reproductive plasticity in an Amazonian palm

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1051-1065

  Barot, S ^a   Mitja, D ^b   Miranda, I ^c   Meija, G D ^d   Grimaldi, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c UFRA Terra Firma   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Palm tree; Phenotypic plasticity; Rain forest; Reproduction; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

ORBIGNYA BARBOSIANA;

EID: 27944488695     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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