Inbreeding and outcrossing in Yucca whipplei: Consequences for the reproductive success of plant and pollinator

Ecology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-24

  Richter, Kevin S ^a   Weis, Arthur E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit abortion; Inbreeding depression; Outcrossing distance; Pollination; Tegeticula; Yucca

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; PRODOXIDAE; TEGETICULA; TEGETICULA MACULATA; TEGETICULA YUCCASELLA; YUCCA; YUCCA WHIPPLEI;

EID: 0002637926     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1998.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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