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15 - Demographic Senescence in Herbaceous Plants

from Part III - Senescence in Plants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2017

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Johan P. Dahlgren  and
Deborah A. Roach
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Richard P. Shefferson ,
Owen R. Jones  and
Roberto Salguero-Gómez
Richard P. Shefferson
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University of Tokyo
Owen R. Jones
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University of Southern Denmark
Roberto Salguero-Gómez
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University of Sheffield
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The Evolution of Senescence in the Tree of Life , pp. 303 - 319
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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