Effect of pollen competition on offspring quality at varying stages of the life cycle in Silene latifolia Poiret (Caryophyllaceae)

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-179

  Lassere, Tracey B ^a,c   Carroll, Steven B ^a   Mulcahy, D L ^b  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Pollen competition; Progeny fitness; Silene latifolia

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844258994     PISSN: 00409618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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