Accessory costs of seed production

Oecologia

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 310-317

  Lord, Janice M ^a   Westoby, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessory structures; Cost of reproduction; Seed abortion; Seed mass

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOTIC FACTOR; COST; DISPERSAL; POLLINATION; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEED PRODUCTION;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOWER; FRUIT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION;

ANGIOSPERMS; FLOWERS; FRUIT; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33750223657     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0523-z     Document Type: Article

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