Mating patterns and spatial distribution of conspecific neighbours in the Mediterranean shrub Myrtus communis (Myrtaceae)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-215

  González Varo, Juan P ^a   Albaladejo, Rafael G ^a   Aparicio, Abelardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biparental inbreeding; Conspecific neighbourhood; Insect pollination; Mating system; Mixed mating; Myrtus communis; Outcrossing rates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOZYME; CONSPECIFIC; ELECTROKINESIS; INBREEDING; OUTCROSSING; PATERNITY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

HEXAPODA; MYRTACEAE; MYRTUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 62049086112     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9534-7     Document Type: Article

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