Pollination efficiency and reproductive patterns in relation to local plant density, population size, and floral display in the rewarding Listera ovata (Orchidaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 713-721

  Brys, Rein ^a,b   Jacquemyn, Hans ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Common twayblade; Female success; Fruit set; Geitonogamous vs. cross pollination; Pollen dispersal; Pollen limitation; Pollinia removal

Indexed keywords

FLORISTICS; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HERB; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMALIA; LISTERA; LISTERA OVATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 50849091279     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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