Morphometric variation in a rare endemic Aquilegia (Ranunculaceae) in the Carpathians

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 297-306

  Gafta, Dan ^a   Muncaciu, S ^a   Csergo, A M ^b  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b Environment Protection Agency   (Romania)

Author keywords

Adaptive allometric adjustments; Altitude difference; Fertility; Leaf shape; Light availability; Plant size; Within and between population variability

Indexed keywords

AQUILEGIA; AQUILEGIA NIGRICANS; FAGUS; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 33750222012     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500600947731     Document Type: Article

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