Nonrandom mating and sexual selection in a desert mustard: An experimental approach

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-55

  Mitchell, Randall J ^a,b   Marshall, Diane L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; Hand pollination; Lesquerella fendleri; Mating behavior; Pollen production; Pollinators; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CROSSING EXPERIMENT; DESERT PLANT; NON-RANDOM MATING; POLLINATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

LESQUERELLA FENDLERI;

EID: 0031831726     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446553     Document Type: Conference Paper

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