Floral adaptation and diversification under pollen limitation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1539, 2010, Pages 529-543

  Harder, Lawrence D ^a   Aizen, Marcelo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Competition for pollination; Habitat fragmentation; Inbreeding depression; Mate limitation; Pollen limitation; Seed production

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; OUTCROSSING; POLLEN LIMITATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEED PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 76749170290     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0226     Document Type: Article

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