Mixed mating system in the fern Asplenium scolopendrium: Implications for colonization potential

Annals of Botany

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 583-590

  Wubs, E R Jasper ^a   De Groot, G Arjen ^a   During, Heinjo J ^a   Vogel, Johannes C ^b   Grundmann, Michael ^b   Bremer, Piet ^c   Schneider, Harald ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asplenium scolopendrium; colonization; gametophyte; homosporous fern; inbreeding depression; life history; mixed mating system; selfing; sporophyte

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AUTOGAMY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; FERN; GAMETOPHYTE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LIFE HISTORY; OUTCROSSING; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPOROPHYTE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; FERN; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INBREEDING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

FERNS; GERM CELLS, PLANT; INBREEDING; REPRODUCTION;

ASPLENIUM SCOLOPENDRIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 77957593429     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq157     Document Type: Article

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