Seedling performance in a trioecious cactus, Pachycereus pringlei: Effects of maternity and paternity

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 145-151

  Sosa, Vinicio J ^a   Fleming, Theodore H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Inbreeding depression; Mexico; Pachycereus pringlei; Seedling performance; Trioecy

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; PACHYCEREUS PRINGLEI;

EID: 0032698055     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01087042     Document Type: Article

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