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PHYTOCHROME CONTROL OF SEED GERMINATION IN THE TROPICAL RAIN FOREST PIONEER TREES CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA AND PIPER AURITUM AND ITS ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE

  1. C. VÁZQUEZ-YANES1,
  2. H. SMITH2

Article first published online: 2 MAY 2006

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1982.tb03405.x

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New Phytologist

New Phytologist

Volume 92, Issue 4, pages 477–485, December 1982

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VÁZQUEZ-YANES, C. and SMITH, H. (1982), PHYTOCHROME CONTROL OF SEED GERMINATION IN THE TROPICAL RAIN FOREST PIONEER TREES CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA AND PIPER AURITUM AND ITS ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE. New Phytologist, 92: 477–485. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1982.tb03405.x

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  1. 1

    Depto. de Botánica, Instituto de Biología, Apartado postal 70–233. Deleg. Coyoacán-Ciudad Universitaria 04510. México, D.F.

  2. 2

    Department of Botany, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.

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  1. Issue published online: 2 MAY 2006
  2. Article first published online: 2 MAY 2006
  3. (Accepted 19 July 1982)

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