Reproductive biology of the invasive exotic shrub, Rhododendron ponticum L. (Ericaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 373-381

  Stout, Jane C ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fruit set; Hand pollination; Inbreeding; Invasion; Outcrossing; Pollination; Seed production

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; GERMINATION; INBREEDING; INVASIVE SPECIES; OUTCROSSING; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEED PRODUCTION; SHRUB; WEED; WILD POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ERICACEAE; HEXAPODA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON PONTICUM;

EID: 35848935839     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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