Marcescent corollas as functional structures: Effects on the fecundity of two insect-pollinated plants

Annals of Botany

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 659-662

  Herrera, Carlos M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corolla marcescence; fecundity; Lavandula latifolia (Lamiaceae); seed predation; Viola cazorlensis (Violaceae)

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ENTOMOPHILY; FECUNDITY; FLOWER; FRUIT; SEED PREDATION;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FERTILITY; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; VIOLACEAE;

ANIMALS; FERTILITY; FLOWERS; INSECTS; LAMIACEAE; POLLINATION; VIOLACEAE;

CECIDOMYIIDAE; HEXAPODA; LAMIACEAE; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA LATIFOLIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; VIOLA CAZORLENSIS; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 77957601363     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq160     Document Type: Article

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