Reproductive biology and success of invasive Australian acacias in Portugal

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 574-588

  Correia, Marta ^a   Castro, Sílvia ^a   Ferrero, Victoria ^b   Crisóstomo, João A ^a   Rodríguez Echeverría, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acacia; Andromonoecy; Biological invasions; Breeding system; Flower heads; Natural reproductive success; Pollen limitation; Self incompatibility

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DICOTYLEDON; FRUIT SET; GERMINATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONOECY; POLLEN LIMITATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED SET; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY;

PORTUGAL;

ACACIA; ACACIA DEALBATA; ACACIA MELANOXYLON;

EID: 84897985910     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12155     Document Type: Article

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