Reproductive success of the endangered shrub Buxus balearica Lam. (Buxaceae): Pollen limitation, and inbreeding and outbreeding depression

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 261, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 117-128

  Lazaro A ^a   Traveset, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic Islands; Between population crosses; Fragmented populations; Iberian Peninsula; Mediterranean relict; Pollination failure

Indexed keywords

BUXACEAE; BUXUS; BUXUS BALEARICA;

EID: 33750561721     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-005-0404-7     Document Type: Article

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