Flower and fruit characteristics in small and isolated populations of a fleshy-fruited shrub

Plant Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 62-71

  Kollmann, J ^a   Pflugshaupt, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altitude; Flower size; Pollination frequency; Population size; Prunus mahaleb; Pulp and seed mass; Seed viability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; FLORAL TRAIT; FRUIT; ISOLATED POPULATION; RELICT SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SHRUB;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0035076524     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-11751     Document Type: Article

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