Climate, size and flowering history determine flowering pattern of an orchid

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 511-526

  Pfeifer, Marion ^a   Heinrich, Wolfgang ^a   Jetschke, Gottfried ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Life history; Long term dynamics; Principal component analysis; Reproductive effort; Terrestrial orchids

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANGIOSPERM; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOWERING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SIZE;

HIMANTOGLOSSUM HIRCINUM; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 33744952637     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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