Erratic pollination, high selfing levels and their correlates and consequences in an altitudinally widespread above-tree-line species in the high Andes of Chile

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-257

  Arroyo, Mary T K ^a   Muñoz, María S ^a   Henríquez, Carolina ^a   Till Bottraud, Irène ^b   Pérez, Fernánda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Andes; Breeding system; Chaetanthera; Pollination; Selfing rates

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AUTOGAMY; BEE; BIOTIC FACTOR; FLOWER VISITING; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREELINE; WEATHER;

ANDES; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANDRENIDAE; APOIDEA; ASTERACEAE; CHAETANTHERA;

EID: 33749155601     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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