Early-acting inbreeding depression in a clonal dwarf shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, in a northern boreal forest

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-48

  Nuortila, Carolin ^a   Tuomi, Juha ^a   Aspi, Jouni ^a   Laine, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Cross pollination; Ericaceae; Inbreeding depression; Lethal equivalents; Self pollination; Vaccinium myrtillus

Indexed keywords

ERICACEAE; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 33645544632     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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