Floral sex ratios, disease and seed set in dioecious Silene dioica

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-91

  Carlsson Graner U ^a   Elmqvist, T ^a   Agren J ^a   Gardfjell, H ^a   Ingvarsson, P ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anther smut disease; Density of pollen donors; Dioecy; Pollen limitation; Pollinator preference; Seed production

Indexed keywords

ANTHER SMUT; BOMBUS; PATHOGENESIS; POLLINATION;

FUNGAL DISEASE; POLLINATION; SEED SET; SEX RATIO;

APIDAE; BOMBUS; HYMENOPTERA; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; SILENE DIOICA;

EID: 0031912578     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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