Reproductive biology of Abies cephalonica Loudon in Mount Aenos National Park, Cephalonia, Greece

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 655-668

  Politi, Patrizia I ^a   Georghiou, Kyriacos ^a   Arianoutsou, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abies cephalonica; Cone morphology; Coniferous forest; Endemic; Reproduction ecology; Seed production

Indexed keywords

ABIES CEPHALONICA; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; ENDEMIC; REPRODUCTION ECOLOGY; SEED PRODUCTION;

CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEED;

PARKS;

ABIES; ABIES CEPHALONICA;

EID: 79960304542     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0542-1     Document Type: Article

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