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Seed Size Evolution

Seed Size Evolution is a biological evolutionary process representing the differential success and persistence of plant propagules through changes in seed mass over generational time, distinguished by its role in mediating trade-offs between offspring survival, dispersal capacity, and resource allocation strategies in varying ecological contexts.

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The Selective Interactions of Dispersal, Dormancy, and Seed Size as Adaptations for Reducing Risk in Variable Environments

D. Lawrence Venable, Joel S. Brown · The American Naturalist · 1988 · 1K citations

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The genome of cultivated peanut provides insight into legume karyotypes, polyploid evolution and crop domestication

Hua Chen, Meng Yang, Jianping Wang et al. · Nature Genetics · 2019 · 792 citations · Full text

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Functional Extinction of Birds Drives Rapid Evolutionary Changes in Seed Size

Mauro Galetti, Roger Guevara, Marina Corrêa Côrtes et al. · Science · 2013 · 753 citations · Full text

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A Brief History of Seed Size

Angela T. Moles, David D. Ackerly, Campbell O. Webb et al. · Science · 2005 · 671 citations · Full text

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Comparative evolutionary ecology of seed size

Mark Westoby, Enrique Jurado, Michelle R. Leishman · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 1992 · 629 citations

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Authors

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  1. MW
    Mark Westoby

    Macquarie University, Australia

    10 publications · 3.2K citations

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  2. JD
    John Dickie

    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. AT
    Angela T. Moles

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    6 publications · 2.1K citations

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  4. DD
    David D. Ackerly

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    5 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. MR
    Mark Rees

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 646 citations

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Institutions

158

  1. Macquarie University

    Sydney, Australia

    6 h-index

    18 publications

    8K citations

  2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

    London, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    3.8K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    189 citations

  4. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    676 citations

  6. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    640 citations

  7. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    612 citations

  8. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    115 citations

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  1. Oecologia

    6 publications · 401 citations

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  2. Oikos

    6 publications · 827 citations

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  3. New Phytologist

    6 publications · 608 citations

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  4. Journal of Ecology

    5 publications · 223 citations

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  5. Evolutionary Ecology

    5 publications · 157 citations

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