The effect of ecological factors on the mating system of a South American shrub species (Helicteres brevispira)

Heredity

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 116-123

  Franceschinelli, Edivani V ^a   Bawa, Kamaljit S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Flower density; Helicteres; Mating system; Outcrossing rate; Plant density; Pollinator behaviour

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIANCE; HELICTERES; MATING SYSTEM; OUTCROSSING; PLANT DENSITY; POLLINATION; SELF COMPATIBILITY; SELFING;

DENSITY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTION; SHRUB;

CROSSES, GENETIC; ECOLOGY; GENETICS, POPULATION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; SOUTH AMERICA;

HELICTERES; HELICTERES BREVISPIRA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0034078653     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2000.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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