Individual flower demography, floral phenology and floral display size in Silene latifolia

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 845-860

  Meagher, Thomas R ^a   Delph, Lynda F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Exponential growth; Floral longevity; Logistic growth; Phenology; Resource allocation; Silene latifolia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011190079     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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