Population size, pollinator limitation, and seed set in the self-incompatible herb Lythrum Salicaria

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1779-1790

  Ågren, Jon ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lythrum salicaria; Plant pollinator interaction; Pollinator limitation; Population size; Seed production; Self incompatibility; Tristyly

Indexed keywords

POLLINATOR LIMITATION; PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE; TRISTYLY;

SWEDEN;

LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA;

EID: 0030427795     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265783     Document Type: Article

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