Breeding system and effects of plant size and flowering time on reproductive success in the alpine herb Saxifraga stellaris L.

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 196-201

  Sandvik, Sylvi M ^a   Totland, Ørjan ^b   Nyléhn, Jorun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSING; FLOWERING; GENETIC CROSS; MATURATION; NORWAY; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT REPRODUCTION; SEED WEIGHT; SELF COMPATIBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

FLOWERING; PLANT; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

SAXIFRAGA STELLARIS;

EID: 0033052264     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552609     Document Type: Article

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