Pollen and resource limitations to lifetime seed production in a wild population of the endangered plant Disanthus cercidifolius Maxim. var. longipes H. T. Chang (Hamamelidaceae)

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 496-502

  Xiao, Yi An ^a,b   Zeng, Jian Jun ^a   Li, Xiao Hong ^a   Hu, Wen Hai ^a   He, Ping ^b  

^a JINGGANGSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Disanthus cercidifolius Maxim. var. longipes H. T. Chang; Hand pollinated; Pollen limitation; Resource limitation; Seed set

Indexed keywords

DISANTHUS CERCIDIFOLIUS; HAMAMELIDACEAE; HAMAMELIDIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 33644943792     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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