Pollen performance of plants in recently burned and unburned environments

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2427-2434

  Travers, Steven E ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clarkia unguiculata; Environmental effects; Fire; Gametophytic competition; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Pollen; Pollen germination; Pollen tube growth; Soil

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; FOREST FIRE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEIGHT; POLLEN;

CLARKIA; CLARKIA UNGUICULATA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0032843696     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2427:PPOPIR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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