Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on the reproductive ecology and pollination service of Plymouth gentian (Sabatia kennedyana Fern.), a lakeshore plant species at risk

Plant Ecology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-252

  Trant, Andrew J ^a,b   Herman, Thomas B ^a   Good Avila, Sara V ^a,c  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lakeshore development; North American Atlantic Coastal Plain flora; Plymouth gentian; Pollination service; Sabatia kennedyana; Species at risk

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEE; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

APOIDEA; DIPTERA; FILICOPHYTA; GENTIANA; GENTIANACEAE; HALICTIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; SABATIA KENNEDYANA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 77956013095     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9752-7     Document Type: Article

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