Seed weight and seed number affect subsequent fitness in outcrossing and selfing Primula species

New Phytologist

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 127-142

  Tremayne, M A ^a   Richards, A J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsule number; Competition; Primula farinosa; Seed number; Transplants

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FITNESS; OUTCROSSING; SEED SIZE; SELFING; WEIGHT;

PRIMULA; PRIMULA FARINOSA; PRIMULA SCANDINAVICA; PRIMULA SCOTICA; PRIMULA STRICTA;

EID: 0033789569     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2000.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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