Dissecting components of flowering pattern: Size effects on female fitness

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-236

  Albert, María José ^a   Iriondo, José María ^a   Escudero, Adrián ^a   Torres, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b Ciudad Universitaria s/n   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erodium paularense; Flowering phenology; Flowering synchrony; Geraniaceae; Mixed mating system; Reproductive success; Self incompatibility; Small sized population

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; FITNESS; FLOWERING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SIZE EFFECT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ERODIUM PAULARENSE; GERANIACEAE;

EID: 38749149554     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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