Pollination processes and the Allee effect in highly fragmented populations: Consequences for the mating system in urban environments

New Phytologist

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 774-783

  Cheptou, Pierre Olivier ^a   Avendaño V, Lyz G ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Fragmentation; Metapopulation; Pollination; Self fertilization; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLEE EFFECT; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CITY; CREPIS; INBREEDING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; CITIES; CREPIS; INBREEDING; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HERAULT; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; MONTPELLIER; WESTERN EUROPE;

CREPIS; CREPIS SANCTA; INSECTA;

EID: 33750625094     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01880.x     Document Type: Article

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