Pollination effectiveness and pollen dispersal in a Rhododendron ferrugineum (Ericaceae) population

Plant Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 606-615

  Escaravage, N ^a   Wagner, J ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine plant; Pollen dispersal; Pollen flow; Pollination effectiveness; Rhododendron ferrugineum

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INSECT; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; GENETICS; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; RHODODENDRON;

ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; INSECTS; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; RHODODENDRON;

ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EMPIDIDAE; ERICACEAE; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MUSCIDAE; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON FERRUGINEUM; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 4944221795     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-821143     Document Type: Article

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