New thousand-seed weight records of the Pannonian flora and their application in analysing social behaviour types

Acta Botanica Hungarica

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 429-472

  Torok P ^a   Miglecz T ^a   Valko O ^a   Toth K ^a   Kelemen, A ^a   Albert, A J ^a   Matus, G ^a   Molnar V A ^a   Ruprecht, E ^b   Papp, L ^a   Deak B ^c   Horvath O ^a   Takacs A ^a   Huse B ^a   Tothmeresz B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c UNIV OF HORT AND FOOD INDUSTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

competitors; generalists; life form; pioneer species; plant trait; seed mass; weeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885014244     PISSN: 02366495     EISSN: 15882578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABot.55.2013.3-4.17     Document Type: Article

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