Testing the adaptive nature of radiation: growth form and life history divergence in the African grass genus Ehrharta (Poaceae: Ehrhartoideae).

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  American-Eurasian journal of botany

• Publication date

  2004-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.3732/ajb.91.9.1364PMID 21652369
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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