Offspring quality in relation to excess flowers in Pultenaea gunnii (Fabaceae)

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2371-2376

  Burd, Martin ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Female fitness; Fruit set; Nonfruiting flowers; Selective abortion; Wider choice hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; FLORAL TRAIT; FRUIT SET; HERMAPHRODITE; LIFE HISTORY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FABACEAE; LATHYRUS BRACHYCALYX ZIONIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PISUM SATIVUM; PULTENAEA; PULTENAEA GUNNII;

EID: 7544221679     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01610.x     Document Type: Article

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