Impact of pollination and resource limitation on seed production in a border population of Spiranthes spiralis (Orchidaceae)

Acta Botanica Neerlandica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 365-375

  Willems, J H ^a   Lahtinen, M L ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Insect pollination; Interspecific pollinator competition; Pollination experiments; Population fitness; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

POLLINATION; RESOURCE LIMITATION; SEED PRODUCTION;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ORCHIDACEAE; SPIRANTHES SPIRALIS; SPRIANTHES SPIRALIS;

EID: 0031470690     PISSN: 00445983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/plb.1997.46.4.365     Document Type: Article

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