Bimodal colour pattern of individual Pinus halepensisMill. seeds: A new type of crypsis

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 271-278

  Lev Yadun, Simcha ^a   Ne'eman, Gidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Camouflage; Crypsis; Ecology; Fire; Pinus; Seed morphology; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLOR; CRYPSIS; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84877689487     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12047     Document Type: Article

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