BIGGER IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER: CONFLICTING SELECTIVE PRESSURES ON SEED SIZE IN QUERCUS ILEX

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Evolution; international journal of organic evolution

• Publication date

  2004-01-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01574.xPMID 15058720
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