Variation in self-fertility and the reproductive advantage of self-fertility for an invading plant (Spartina alterniflora)

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 553-568

  Daehler, Curtis C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Founding population; Seed set; Self fertility; Self polination; Smooth cordgrass; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

BAY; CLONE; FERTILITY; FLOWERING; GREENHOUSE; OUTCROSSING; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SELFING; SPECIES INVASION; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED SET; SELFING;

UNITED STATES, CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO BAY;

LILIOPSIDA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0031901203     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006556709662     Document Type: Article

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