Effects of population size and pollinator limitation on seed-set of Primula sieboldii populations in a fragmented landscape

Ecological Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 307-322

  Matsumura, Chizuru ^a   Washitani, Izumi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fruit and seed set; Heterostyly; Pollinator limitation; Primula sieboldii; Small population

Indexed keywords

POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED SET;

JAPAN;

PRIMULA SIEBOLDII;

EID: 0034260421     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2000.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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