Competition and the compensatory regulation of fruit and seed set in the perennial herb Epilobium dodonaei (Onagraceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 763-768

  Stöcklin, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abortion; Competition; Epilobium; Fruit flower ratio; Reproduction; Resources; Seed ovule ratio

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FERTILIZATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SEED SET; SEED YIELD;

EPILOBIUM; EPILOBIUM DODONAEI; GENETTA; ONAGRACEAE;

EID: 0343852830     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2445812     Document Type: Article

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