Cone abortion in Pinus halepensis: The role of pollen quantity, tree size and cone location

Oikos

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 125-133

  Goubitz, Shirrinka ^a   Werger, Marinus J A ^a   Shmida, Avi ^b   Ne'eman, Gidi ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CONIFEROUS TREE; POLLINATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEASONALITY; SIZE EFFECT;

CONIFERALES; PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 0036271166     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.970113.x     Document Type: Article

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