Understanding the geographic distributions of apomictic plants: A case for a pluralistic approach

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-320

  Hörandl, Elvira ^a   Cosendai, Anne Caroline ^a   Temsch, Eva Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Biogeography; Colonisation; Polyploidy; Self fertilisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010575525     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550870802351175     Document Type: Article

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