Environmentally induced variation in fecundity compensation in the morph-biased male-sterile distylous shrub Erythroxylum havanense (Erythroxylaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 116-122

  Rosas, Luis F ^a   Pérez Alquicira, Jessica ^a   Domínguez, César A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Compensatory advantage; Distyly; Erythroxylaceae; Erythroxylum havanense; Flowering synchrony; Mexico; Morphbiased male sterility

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FLOWERING; HERMAPHRODITE; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; STERILITY;

ERYTHROXYLACEAE; ERYTHROXYLUM; ERYTHROXYLUM HAVANENSE;

EID: 12244268701     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.1.116     Document Type: Article

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