Floral water costs and size variation in the highly selfing Leptosiphon bicolor (Polemoniaceae)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-84

  Lambrecht, Susan C ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floral size; Floral transpiration; Moisture gradient; Stable carbon isotopes; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DICOTYLEDON; FITNESS; FLORAL TRAIT; HERITABILITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SIZE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSPIRATION;

POLEMONIACEAE;

EID: 84871893223     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668230     Document Type: Article

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