Pollen limitation affects progeny vigour and subsequent recruitment in the insect-pollinated herb Ranunculus acris

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1204-1210

  Hegland, Stein Joar ^a   Totland, Ørjan ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ENTOMOPHILY; HERB; INSECT; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATION; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT; SEED PRODUCTION;

HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS ACRIS;

EID: 34250723309     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.15694.x     Document Type: Article

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