First come, first served: Delayed fertilization does not enhance pollen competition in a wind-pollinated tree, Fraxinus excelsior L. (oleaceae)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-69

  Bochenek, Grazyna M ^a   Eriksen, Bente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Delayed fertilization; Fraxinus excelsior; Pollen tube competition; Prezygotic selection; Wind pollination

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DECIDUOUS TREE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FLOWER; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PATERNITY; PHENOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; OLEACEAE;

EID: 78751534219     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657298     Document Type: Article

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