What do red and yellow autumn leaves signal?

Botanical Review

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 279-289

  Lev Yadun, Simcha ^a   Gould, Kevin S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 38949117238     PISSN: 00068101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0006-8101(2007)73[279:WDRAYA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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