Factors affecting variation in seed production in the heterostylous herb Primula modesta

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 65-76

  Shimono, Ayako ^a   Washitani, Izumi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heterostyly; Phenology; Pollen limitation; Resource limitation; Spatiotemporal variation

Indexed keywords

PRIMULA MODESTA; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 34347391684     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2007.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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