Reproductive biology of Ranunculus weyleri (Ranunculaceae), a narrowly endemic plant from the Balearic Islands with disjunct populations

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 207, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 726-735

  Cursach, Joana ^a   Rita, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambophily; Breeding system; Conservation; Floral biology; Interpopulation crossings; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FECUNDITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HERB; INSECT; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

CAPRA HIRCUS; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS WEYLERI;

EID: 84868704428     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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