Fragment size, pollination efficiency and reproductive success in natural populations of wind-pollinated Polylepis australis (Rosaceae) trees

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 202, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 547-554

  Seltmann, Peggy ^a   Renison, Daniel ^b   Cocucci, Andrea ^b   Hensen, Isabell ^a   Jung, Klaus ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fragment size; Fragmentation; Natural pollination; Reproductive success; Wind pollination

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DICOTYLEDON; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

POLYLEPIS AUSTRALIS; ROSACEAE;

EID: 34547930707     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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