Effects of successional status, habit, sexual systems, and pollinators on flowering patterns in tropical rain forest trees

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 865-876

  Kang, Hyesoon ^a   Bawa, Kamaljit S ^b  

^a Sungshin Women's University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Flowering patterns; Phylogeny; Pollinators; Sexual selection; Succession; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; PHENOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATION; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA; LA SELVA;

EID: 0037494997     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.6.865     Document Type: Article

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