Ecological implications of a flower size/number trade-off in tropical forest trees

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Kettle, Chris J ^a,b   Maycock, Colin R ^b   Ghazoul, Jaboury ^a   Hollingsworth, Pete M ^c   Khoo, Eyen ^d   Sukri, Rahayu Sukmaria Haji ^b   Burslem, David F R P ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FLOWER MORPHOLOGY; FLOWER NUMBER; FLOWER SIZE; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; INBREEDING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT REPRODUCTION; POLLEN ANALYSIS; POLLEN TUBE GROWTH; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SEED DISPERSAL; SELFING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BORNEO; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; FLOWERS; POLLINATION; TREES;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 79551635092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016111     Document Type: Article

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