Nocturnal pollination of the endemic Silene sennenii (Caryophyllaceae): An endangered mutualism?

Plant Ecology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 203-218

  Martinell, Carmen ^a   Dötterl, Stefan ^b   Blanché, Cèsar ^a   Rovira, Ana ^a   Massó, Sergi ^a   Bosch, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endemic species; Mutualism disruption; Nocturnal pollination; Pollination ecology; Silene

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLOWER VISITING; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; HEXAPODA; SILENE;

EID: 77957928610     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9785-y     Document Type: Article

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