Large population sizes mitigate negative effects of variable weather conditions on fruit set in two spring woodland orchids

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-498

  Jacquemyn, Hans ^a   Brys, Rein ^b   Honnay, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Environmental stochasticity; Female reproductive success; Orchids; Pollination; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FRUIT SET; GERMINATION; HERB; POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SET; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST; FRUIT; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; ORCHIDACEAE; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; WEATHER;

ANIMALIA; LISTERA; NEOTTIA; ORCHIDACEAE; ORCHIS PURPUREA;

EID: 67749093155     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0262     Document Type: Article

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