Ecological significance and heritability of floral reproductive traits in Gentianella campestris (Gentianaceae)

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-81

  Lennartsson, Tommy ^b   Oostermeijer, J Gerard B ^a   Van Dijk, Jiska ^a   Den Nijs, Hans C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autofertility; Dichogamy; Flower morphology; Gentianella campestris; Heritability; Herkogamy; Pollination; Reproductive system

Indexed keywords

GENTIANACEAE; GENTIANELLA; GENTIANELLA CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0002130976     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00011     Document Type: Article

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