Selective fruit filling in relation to pollen load size in Alstroemeria aurea (Alstroemeriaceae)

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 166-170

  Aizen, Marcelo A ^a   Searcy, Karen B ^b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gametophytic competition; Pollination intensity; Resource allocation; Seed set

Indexed keywords

ALSTROEMERIA AUREA;

EID: 0031875491     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050136     Document Type: Article

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