Floral density, pollen limitation, and reproductive success in Trillium grandiflorum

Oecologia

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 557-563

  Knight, Tiffany M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b 111 Bartram Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Pollen limitation; Population density; Reproductive success; Trillium grandiflorum

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; MUTUALISM; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCTION; TRILLIUM;

FLOWERS; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION; TRILLIUM;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; TRILLIUM; TRILLIUM GRANDIFLORUM;

EID: 0344668692     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1371-8     Document Type: Article

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