Natural levels of pollination intensity and effects of pollen loads on offspring quality in females of Thalictrum pubescens (Ranunculaceae)

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 244, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 45-54

  Davis, S L ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Offspring vigor; Pollen competition; Pollen load; Thalictrum pubescens; Wind pollination

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; RANUNCULACEAE; THALICTRUM; THALICTRUM PUBESCENS;

EID: 1542291033     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-003-0034-x     Document Type: Article

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