Seasonal changes in pollinator activity influence pollen dispersal and seed production of the alpine shrub Rhododendron aureum (Ericaceae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1165-1173

  Hirao, A S ^a   Kameyama, Y ^a   Ohara, M ^a   Isagi, Y ^b   Kudo, G ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assignment of sibship; Correlated paternity; Effective number of pollen donors; Flowering phenology; Outcrossing rate; Twogener analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS BREEDING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; RHODODENDRON; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CROSSES, GENETIC; INSECTS; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; RHODODENDRON; SEASONS; SEEDS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ERICACEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON AUREUM;

EID: 33645028799     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02853.x     Document Type: Article

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