Breeding system and pollen limitation in the masting tree Sorbus aucuparia L. (Rosaceae) in the NW Iberian Peninsula

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-103

  Pías, Beatriz ^a   Guitián, Pablo ^a  

^a Facultad de Biologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fruit set; Insect visitors; Mast seeding; Pollen limitation; Self incompatibility; Sorbus aucuparia

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; MASTING; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEED PRODUCTION;

INSECTA; ROSACEAE; SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 31844431691     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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