Pollen competition among two species of Senecio (Asteraceae) that form a hybrid zone on Mt. Etna, Sicily

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 730-735

  Chapman, Mark A ^a,b   Forbes, David G ^a   Abbott, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Hybrid zone; Introgression; Mt. Etna; Pollen competition; Reproductive isolation; Senecio

Indexed keywords

HYBRID ZONE; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; POLLEN; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ASTERACEAE; SENECIO; SENECIO AETHNENSIS; SENECIO CHRYSANTHEMIFOLIUS;

EID: 16244399208     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.4.730     Document Type: Article

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