Importance of autonomous selfing is inversely related to population size and pollinator availability in a monocarpic plant

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1834-1840

  Brys, Rein ^a,b   de Crop, Eske ^b   Hoffmann, Maurice ^a,b   Jacquemyn, Hans ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Delayed selfing; Floral emasculation; Hoverflies; Mixed mating; Pollination limitation; Reproductive assurance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FLOWER; FLY; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SET;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTAURIUM; FLOWER; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; CENTAURIUM; FLOWERS; INSECTS; POLLINATION; SEEDS;

ANIMALIA; CENTAURIUM; CENTAURIUM ERYTHRAEA;

EID: 84858419024     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100154     Document Type: Article

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