Fruiting failure and limited recruitment in remnant populations of the hawkmoth-pollinated tree Oxyanthus pyriformis subsp. pyriformis (Rubiaceae)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-39

  Johnson, Steven D ^a   Neal, Paul R ^a   Peter, Craig I ^a   Edwards, Trevor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Conservation; Forest ecology; Pollen limitation; Pollination; Reintroductions; Rubiaceae; South Africa; Sphingidae; Sporophytic self incompatibility

Indexed keywords

FRUITING; RECRUITMENT; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TREE;

OXYANTHUS PYRIFORMIS; RUBIACEAE; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 3342916602     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.01.028     Document Type: Article

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