Patterns and consequences of stigma height variation in a natural population of a distylous plant, Primula sieboldii

Functional Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 502-512

  Nishihiro, J ^a,e   Washitani, I ^b   Thomson, J D ^c,d   Thomson, B A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Female reproductive success; Floral morphology; Heterostyly; Natural selection; Stigmatic pollen load

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; HEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

COROLLA; PRIMULA SIEBOLDII; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 0033829829     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2000.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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