Male reproductive success and variation in fruit and seed set in Aquilegia caerulea (Ranunculaceae)

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2458-2471

  Brunet, Johanne ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquilegia caerulea; Architectural constraints; Floral variation; Fruit and seed set; Male function; Pollen limitation; Protandry; Reproductive success; Resource allocation; Resource limitation

Indexed keywords

AQUILEGIA CAERULEA; RANUNCULACEAE;

FRUIT SET; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED SET;

EID: 0030422748     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265746     Document Type: Article

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