Wind pollination in high-mountain populations of Hormathophylla spinosa (Cruciferae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 580-585

  Gómez, José M ^a   Zamora, Regino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cruciferae; High mountain ecology; Hormathophylla spinosa; Sierra Nevada; Wind pollination

Indexed keywords

INSECT POLLINATION; WIND POLLINATION;

SPAIN, SIERRA NEVADA;

BRASSICACEAE; HORMATHOPHYLLA SPINOSA;

EID: 0030446891     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2445916     Document Type: Article

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