Evolutionary Assurance vs. Mixed Mating

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 290-302

  Ruan, Cheng Jiang ^a   da Silva, Jaime A Teixeira ^b  

^a DALIAN NATIONALITIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cost benefit trade off; delayed selfing; inbreeding depression; mixed mating; pollinator environment; reproductive assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863975937     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2011.645442     Document Type: Article

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