Is the pollen-limited mistletoe Peraxilla tetrapetala (Loranthaceae) also seed limited?
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Is the pollen-limited mistletoe Peraxilla tetrapetala (Loranthaceae) also seed limited?
Seed production in the endemic New Zealand mistletoe Peraxilla tetrapetala (Loranthaceae) has been shown to be consistently pollen limited, but to date there has been no test of whether the species is also seed limited. If it is not seed limited, then pollen limitation may have no effect on population size.We tested for seed limitation by sowing seeds onto host trees at high and low densities a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Austral Ecology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1442-9985,1442-9993
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01765.x