Sexual reproduction of the high mountain plant Saxifraga moschata Wulfen at varying lengths of the growing season

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 502-515

  Ladinig, Ursula ^a   Wagner, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine plant; Flowering phenology; Reproductive success; Saxifraga moschata; Seed development

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; GROWING SEASON; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PRODUCTION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

SAXIFRAGA MOSCHATA;

EID: 26444556825     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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