Effects of pollen load size on seed paternity in wild radish: The roles of pollen competition and mate choice

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1925-1937

  Marshall, Diane L ^a   Shaner, Marieken G M ^a   Oliva, Jon Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mate choice; Pollen competition; Pollen load size; Raphanus sativus; Seed paternity; Wild radish

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MATE CHOICE; PATERNITY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; ROOT VEGETABLE; SEXUAL SELECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; RADISH; REPRODUCTION;

POLLEN; RAPHANUS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS;

RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 34547665717     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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