Evidence that the negative relationship between seed mass and relative growth rate is not physiological but linked to species identity: A within-family analysis of Scots pine

Tree Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1077-1082

  Castro, Jorge ^a   Reich, Peter B ^b   Sánchez Miranda, Ángela ^a   Guerrero, Juan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal effects; Pinus sylvestris; Seedling growth

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; EVOLUTION; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; MATERNAL EFFECT; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 48249108414     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/28.7.1077     Document Type: Article

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