Development, fatty acid composition, and storage of drupes and seeds from the endangered pondberry (Lindera melissifolia)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 489-496

  Connor, Kristina ^a   Schaefer, Gretchen ^b   Donahoo, Jillian ^b   Devall, Margaret ^c   Gardiner, Emile ^c   Hawkins, Tracy ^c   Wilson, Dan ^c   Schiff, Nathan ^c   Hamel, Paul ^c   Leininger, Ted ^c  

^a US Forest Service   (United States)

^b Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research ^*  (United States)

^c CENTER FOR BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Pondberry; Seed development; Seed storage

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; DIOECY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FATTY ACID; FOREST; FRUIT; MORPHOLOGY; SEED; SHRUB;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LAURACEAE; LINDERA; LINDERA MELISSIFOLIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 34249669168     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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