Variation of pollinator assemblages and pollen limitation in a locally specialized system: The oil-producing Nierembergia linariifolia (Solanaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 723-734

  Cosacov, Andrea ^a   Nattero, Julieta ^a   Cocucci, Andrea A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Assemblage composition; Centris; Chalepogenus; Floral display; Geographic variation; Nierembergia linariifolia; Oil producing flowers; Pollen limitation; Pollen quality; Solanaceae; Specialized pollination; Tests of equivalence

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE OIL;

DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FLOWER VISITING; FRUIT SET; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN LIMITATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEES; PLANT OILS; POLLEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDS; SOLANACEAE;

CENTRIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NIEREMBERGIA; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 54249105846     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn154     Document Type: Article

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