Pollination limitation to reproductive success in the Missouri evening primrose, Oenothera macrocarpa (Onagraceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1615-1622

  Moody Weis, Jennifer M ^a,b   Heywood, John S ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Glades; Habitat fragmentation; Hawk moth pollination; Oenothera; Onagraccae; Pollination limitation; Sphingidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000708215     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558406     Document Type: Article

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