Exploring the limiting causes of fruit production in the tropical tree Ipomoea wolcottiana Rose (Convolvulaceae)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-115

  Parra Tabla, Victor ^a   Bullock, Stephen H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Breeding systems; Convolvulaceae; Path analysis; Pollination; Reproductive success; Sexual selection; Tropical dry forest; Tropical tree

Indexed keywords

DRY FOREST; FRUIT PRODUCTION; PATH ANALYSIS; SEXUAL SELECTION; TREE;

CONVOLVULACEAE; COROLLA; IPOMOEA;

EID: 0038670656     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023216220227     Document Type: Article

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