Influence of local floral density and sex ratio on pollen receipt and seed output: Empirical and experimental results in dichogamous Alstroemeria aurea (Alstroemeriaceae)

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 404-412

  Aizen, Marcelo A ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alstroemeria aurea; Bumblebees; Neighborhood density; Pollination; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

DICHOGAMY; FLORAL DENSITY; POLLEN RECEIPT; POLLINATION; RAMET; SEED PRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

ALSTROEMERIA AUREA; ALSTROEMERIACEAE;

EID: 0030794345     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050252     Document Type: Article

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