Temporal variation in sporophyte fertility in Dryopteris intermedia and Polystichum acrostichoides (Dryopteridaceae: Pteridophyta)

Fern Gazette

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 223-234

  Sharpe, J M ^a  

^a Sharplex Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual variation; Crown fertility; Demography; Dryopteris intermedia; Fern; Growth; Plant fertility; Polystichum acrostichoides; Pteridophyte; Temperate zone

Indexed keywords

DRYOPTERIDACEAE; DRYOPTERIS; DRYOPTERIS INTERMEDIA; FILICOPHYTA; POLYSTICHUM; POLYSTICHUM ACROSTICHOIDES; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 33947611554     PISSN: 03080838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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