Male-biased sex ratio and promiscuous pollination in the dioecious island tree Laurus azorica (Lauraceae)

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 212, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 143-157

  Forfang, Anne Sofie ^a   Olesen, Jens M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Canary Islands, dioecy, male biased sex ratio; Lauraceae, Laurus azorica, Halictinae, Tachinidae, Tachina canariensis.

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; AZORICA; HALICTINAE; LAURACEAE; LAURUS; LAURUS AZORICA; MACARONESIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TACHINA; TACHINA CANARIENSIS; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 0031775756     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01089736     Document Type: Article

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