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Do shade-tolerant tropical tree seedlings depend longer on seed reserves? Functional growth analysis of three Bignoniaceae species

  1. K. Kitajima*

Article first published online: 1 AUG 2002

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00641.x

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Functional Ecology

Volume 16, Issue 4, pages 433–444, August 2002

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Kitajima, K. (2002), Do shade-tolerant tropical tree seedlings depend longer on seed reserves? Functional growth analysis of three Bignoniaceae species. Functional Ecology, 16: 433–444. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00641.x

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kitajima@botany.ufl.edu

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  1. Issue published online: 1 AUG 2002
  2. Article first published online: 1 AUG 2002
  3. Received 19 November 2001;revised 4 February 2002;accepted 8 February 2002

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