Synchronous pulsed flowering: Analysis of the flowering phenology in Juncus (Juncaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1271-1285

  Michalski, Stefan G ^a   Durka, Walter ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flowering phenology; Juncus; Pollination efficiency; Synchrony; Wind pollination

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; FLOWERING; HERB; PHENOLOGY; SEED PRODUCTION; SELECTION; SYNCHRONY;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; FLOWER; HUMIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANGIOSPERMS; FLOWERS; HUMIDITY; POLLINATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

JUNCACEAE; JUNCUS;

EID: 35348953226     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm206     Document Type: Article

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