Pollen limitation and flower abortion in a wind-pollinated, masting tree

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 587-593

  Pearse, Ian S ^a,b   Koenig, Walter D ^a,c   Funk, Kyle A ^d   Pesendorfer, Mario B ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemophily; Flower abortion; Perennial plants; Pollen; Seed set; Wind pollination

Indexed keywords

ANEMOPHILY; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWER; MASTING; POLLEN LIMITATION; SEED SET; SEEDING;

QUERCUS LOBATA;

FLOWERS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; QUERCUS; WIND;

FLOWERS; POLLEN; POLLINATION; QUERCUS; WIND;

EID: 84927939431     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0297.1     Document Type: Article

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