Variability of morphological and biological characteristics of Wild Service Tree (Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz) fruits and seeds from different altitudes

Periodicum Biologorum

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-504

  Oršanić, Milan ^a   Drvodelić, Damir ^a   Jemrić, Tomislav ^b   Anić, Igor ^a   Mikac, Stjepan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Altitude; Fruit morphology; Seed morphology; Seed variability; Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz; Wild service tree

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CROATIA; FRUIT (STRUCTURE); FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PLANT STAND STRUCTURE; SEED DORMANCY; SEED MORPHOLOGY; SEED QUALITY; SORBUS; SORBUS TORMINALIS; STRATIFICATION; TREE;

SORBUS TORMINALIS;

EID: 77951661415     PISSN: 00315362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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