Reproductive biology of the carrion-flower Smilax herbacea (smilacaceae)

Rhodora

Volumn 100, Issue 901, 1998, Pages 1-24

  Sawyer, Neil W ^a   Anderson, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Entomophily; Fruit set; Pollen limitation; Pollination mechanisms; Resource limitation; Sex ratio; Smilax herbacea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347024338     PISSN: 00354902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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