Pollen limitation and cleistogamy in subalpine Viola praemorsa

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 511-519

  Forrest, Jessica ^a,b   Thomson, James D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Cleistogamy; Plasticity; Pollen limitation; Rocky mountain biological laboratory; Violaceae

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; AUTOGAMY; BODY SIZE; DAMAGE; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; ELEVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWER VISITING; FLOWERING; FRUIT SET; GEITONOGAMY; HERB; POLLEN LIMITATION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TRADE-OFF;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; VIOLA PRAEMORSA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 44849084201     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B08-020     Document Type: Article

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