Flowering phenology influences seed production and outcrossing rate in populations of an alpine snowbed shrub, Phyllodoce aleutica: Effects of pollinators and self-incompatibility

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1385-1394

  Kameyama, Yoshiaki ^a,b   Kudo, Gaku ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpine snowbed; autogamy; bumble bee; cryptic self incompatibility; flowering phenology; mixed pollination; outcrossing rate; Phyllodoce aleutica; pollination success; seasonality; self pollination

Indexed keywords

BOMBUS (GENUS); PHYLLODOCE ALEUTICA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; SNOW;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BREEDING; CROSS BREEDING; ERICACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEES; BREEDING; CROSSES, GENETIC; ERICACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLLINATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEEDS; SNOW; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650725981     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp037     Document Type: Article

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