Optimal timing of corolla abscission: Experimental study on Erythronium japonicum (Liliaceae)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 122-128

  Ishii, H S ^a   Sakai, S ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Female success; Floral longevity; Male success; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LONGEVITY; POLLINATION;

ERYTHRONIUM JAPONICUM;

EID: 0034114288     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2000.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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