Sex-specific flowering patterns and demography of the understorey rain forest tree Iryanthera hostmannii (Myristicaceae)

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 637-652

  Queenborough, Simon A ^a   Humphreys, Aelys M ^b   Valencia, Renato ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Amazonian Ecuador; Dioecy; Nutmeg; Phenology; Pollination biology; Reproductive ecology; Yasun National Park

Indexed keywords

IRYANTHERA; IRYANTHERA HOSTMANNI; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS; MYRISTICACEAE;

EID: 84887515508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291300600504     Document Type: Article

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