Floral longevity and reproductive assurance: Seasonal patterns and an experimental test with Kalmia latifolia (Ericaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1328-1332

  Rathcke, Beverly J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition for pollinators; Competitive avoidance; Ericaceae; Floral longevity; Flowering phenology; Fruit set; Great Swamp, Rhode Island; Induced floral senescence; Kalmia latifolia; Pollination limitation; Reproductive assurance

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; LONGEVITY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

GREAT SWAMP; NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; ERICACEAE; KALMIA; KALMIA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 0346936287     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.9.1328     Document Type: Article

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