Reproduction of Echinacea angustifolia in fragmented prairie is pollen-limited but not pollinator-limited

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 733-742

  Wagenius, Stuart ^a   Lyon, Stephanie Pimm ^a,b,c  

^a Plant Biology and Conservation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Echinacea angustifolia; Habitat fragmentation; Isolation; Pollen limitation; Pollinator limitation; Population size; Prairie remnants; Purple cornflower; Spatial scale; Style persistence; USA; Western minnesota

Indexed keywords

BEE; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWER VISITING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE; PRAIRIE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEED SET; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

APOIDEA; ASTERACEAE; CENTAUREA CYANUS; ECHINACEA (ASTERACEAE); ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; HALICTIDAE; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECHINACEA; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; ECHINACEA; ECOSYSTEM; INSECTS; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

EID: 77949894659     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1375.1     Document Type: Article

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