Are flowers physiological sinks or faucets? Costs and correlates of water use by flowers of Polemonium viscosum

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 461-470

  Galen, Candace ^a   Sherry, Rebecca A ^a   Carroll, Amy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell size; Corolla size; Cost of reproduction; Flower size; Water use

Indexed keywords

POLEMONIUM VISCOSUM;

EID: 0032945591     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050749     Document Type: Article

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