Effect of flowering phenology and habitat on pollen limitation in Erica multiflora

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 734-743

  Santandreu, Marc ^a   Lloret, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Fruit set; Hand pollination; Insect pollinator; Phenology; Seed production

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FLOWERING; FRUIT; PLANT BREEDING; POLLEN; POLLEN PRODUCTION; POLLINATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FLOWERING; HETEROGENEITY; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ERICA MULTIFLORA;

EID: 0033496526     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-77-5-734     Document Type: Article

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