Fruit-seed relations in Hakea: serotinous species invest more dry matter in predispersal seed protection

The ability to maintain a canopy stored seedbank (serotiny) is characteristic of many woody genera inhabiting fire-prone environments. The relationship between level of serotiny for 94 Hakea (Proteaceae) species in southwestern Australia and follicle mass, density, three wall thicknesses and seed ma...

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Main Authors: Groom, Philip, Lamont, Byron
Format: Journal Article
Published: 1997
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27498