Selective seed abortion induced by nectar robbing in the selfing plant Comastoma pulmonarium

New Phytologist

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 249-255

  Zhang, Chan ^a,b   Irwin, Rebecca E ^c   Wang, Yun ^a   He, Ya Ping ^d   Yang, Yong Ping ^a   Duan, Yuan Wen ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d SICHUAN ACADEMY OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Comastoma pulmonarium (Gentianaceae); Nectar robbing; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Resource limitation; The inbreeding depression

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; DICOTYLEDON; GERMINATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; NECTAR; NICHE PARTITIONING; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; ROBBING; SEED PRODUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; GENTIANACEAE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INBREEDING; NECTAR; OVULE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; GENTIANACEAE; GERMINATION; INBREEDING; OVULE; PLANT NECTAR; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; TIBET;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

COMASTOMA PULMONARIUM; GENTIANACEAE;

EID: 80052386465     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03785.x     Document Type: Article

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