Seed weight increases with altitude in the Swiss Alps between related species but not among populations of individual species

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Oecologia

• Publication date

  2005-03-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00442-005-0047-yPMID 15800741
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