Pollination ecology of the pre-Pyrenean endemic Petrocoptis montsicciana (Caryophyllaceae): Effects of population size

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-90

  Bosch, M ^a   Simon, J ^a   Rovira, A M ^a   Molero, J ^a   Blanche C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthophora; Chasmophyte plant; Competition; Floral rewards; Seed set; Self compatibility; Self pollination; Stigmatic pollen load

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE;

ANTHOPHORA; ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MOLLE; APOIDEA; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PETROCOPTIS;

EID: 0036586086     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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