Flower longevity and duration of pistil receptivity in high mountain plants

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 376-387

  Steinacher, Gerlinde ^a   Wagner, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine plants; Floral longevity; Floral plasticity; Pollen germination; Reproductive success; Stigmatic receptivity

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FLOWER VISITING; GERMINATION; LONGEVITY; MOUNTAIN REGION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TAXONOMY;

ALPS;

CERASTIUM UNIFLORUM; GENTIANELLA; GENTIANELLA GERMANICA; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS ALPESTRIS; RANUNCULUS GLACIALIS; SAXIFRAGA; SAXIFRAGA CAESIA; SAXIFRAGA MOSCHATA;

EID: 77956010409     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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