Autogamy in Boronia falcifolia: Consequences for inbreeding and persistence in fragmented coastal heaths

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-60

  Shapcott, Alison ^a   Thomson, Amanda ^a   Walton, David ^a   Lamont, Robert W ^a   Wallace, Helen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autogamy; Breeding system; Coastal heath; Inbreeding; Pollination biology; Rutaceae

Indexed keywords

BORONIA; HEXAPODA; RUTACEAE;

EID: 77954357579     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2009.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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