Mating strategies and pollen limitation in a globally threatened perennial Polemonium vanbruntiae

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-323

  Hill, Laura M ^a   Brody, Alison K ^a   Tedesco, Connie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Mixed mating strategy; Polemoniaceae; Pollen limitation; Rare plant; Reproductive assurance; Self compatibility

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTINCTION RISK; GEITONOGAMY; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLEN LIMITATION; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RARE SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

POLEMONIACEAE; POLEMONIUM; POLEMONIUM VANBRUNTIAE;

EID: 42749091745     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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