Pollination and reproductive success in the gynodioecious endemic Thymus loscosii (Lamiaceae)

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-193

  Orellana, Maria Renée ^a   Rovira, Anna Maria ^a   Blanché, Cèsar ^a   Bosch, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gynodioecy; Pollen loads; Pollinator visitation; Seed set; Sex fitness; Thymus loscosii

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEPOSITION; SEED; VISUALIZATION;

HERMAPHRODITE PLANTS; POLLINATION VISITATION RATES; POLLINATORS; REPRODUCTIVITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FITNESS; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

BIODIVERSITY; DEPOSITION; PLANTS; SEEDS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

APIS MELLIFERA; CALYX; INSECTA; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; THYMUS LOSCOSII;

EID: 17444430436     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B04-166     Document Type: Article

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