Effects of pollen quality and quantity on pollen limitation in Crataegus monogyna (Rosaceae) in NW Spain

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 499-507

  Chacoff, Natacha P ^a,b   García, Daniel ^c   Obeso, José Ramón ^c  

^a Lab Invest Ecologicas las Yungas   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fruit set; Pollen limitation; Pollen supplementation experiments; Pollen tube growth; Pollination requirements

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; FRUIT SET; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATION;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; HEXAPODA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 48949116031     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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