Wind to insect pollination ratios and floral traits in five alpine Salix species

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 556-563

  Peeters, Liza ^a,c   Totland, Ørjan ^b  

^a Fantoft Studentby C 1612   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alpine; Anemophily; Entomophily; Floral traits; Pollination; Salix

Indexed keywords

CATKIN; FLOWER SIZE; GENETIC TRAIT; INSECT; NECTAR; NORWAY; POLLEN PRODUCTION; POLLINATION; WIND;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; SALIX;

EID: 0033493526     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-77-4-556     Document Type: Article

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