Seed yield predictions based on the habitat niche-fitness of Microula sikkimensis, an endemic oil crop in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Botanical Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 293-306

  Lin, Huilong ^a   Ren, Jizhou ^a   Wang, Qin ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Habitat niche fitness (HNF); Microula sikkimensis; Seed yield; The Qinghai Tibet Plateau

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MICROULA SIKKIMENSIS;

EID: 33748416922     PISSN: 1817406X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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