Changes in pollinator fauna cause spatial variation in pollen limitation

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1243-1252

  Gómez, José M ^a   Abdelaziz, Mohamed ^a   Lorite, Juan ^a   Muñoz Pajares, A Jesús ^a   Perfectti, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Demography; Erysimum mediohispanicum; Pollen limitation; Pollination generalization; Pollinator composition; Pollinator diversity; Reproductive ecology; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWER VISITING; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

COLEOPTERA; ERYSIMUM; ERYSIMUM MEDIOHISPANICUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77955405556     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01691.x     Document Type: Article

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