Delayed response in a plant-pollinator system to experimental grassland fragmentation

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-152

  Rusterholz, Hans Peter ^a   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Betonica officinalis; Genetic diversity; Outcrossing frequency; Pollinator foraging behaviour; Self compatibility

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ABUNDANCE; BEE; DICOTYLEDON; FIELDWORK; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; OUTCROSSING; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SEEDLING; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STACHYS;

ANIMALS; BEES; DNA, PLANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; POLLINATION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; STACHYS;

JURA MOUNTAINS; SWITZERLAND;

STACHYS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 77950990263     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1567-7     Document Type: Article

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