Empirical models of pollen limitation, resource acquisition, and mast seeding by a bee-pollinated wildflower

American Naturalist

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 396-408

  Crone, Elizabeth E ^a   Polansky, Leo ^a,c   Lesica, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Astragalus scaphoides; Mast seeding; Pollen limitation; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

MASTING; POLLEN LIMITATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BEES; IDAHO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTANA; POLLEN; SEEDS; WEATHER;

APOIDEA; ASTRAGALUS SCAPHOIDES;

EID: 24644442644     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432561     Document Type: Article

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