The advantage of being tall: Higher flowers receive more pollen in Verbascum thapsus L. (Scrophulariaceae)

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-71

  Lortie, Christopher J ^a   Aarssen, Lonnie W ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apical dominance; Competition; Height; Pollination; Verbascum thapsus

Indexed keywords

APICAL DOMINANCE; COMPETITION; POLLINATION;

SCROPHULARIACEAE; VERBASCUM; VERBASCUM THAPSUS;

EID: 0032696306     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11952207     Document Type: Article

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