Pollen supply limits fruit initiation by a rain forest understorey palm

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-194

  Cunningham, Saul A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Fruit set; Plant size; Pollen limitation; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

BAT; FRUIT INITIATION; PALM; POLLEN LIMITATION; RAINFOREST;

ARECACEAE; CALYPTROGYNE GHIESBREGHTIANA;

EID: 0029730833     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2261354     Document Type: Article

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