Flowering phenology, fruiting success and progressive deterioration of pollination in an early-flowering geophyte

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1555, 2010, Pages 3187-3199

  Thomson, James D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombus; Climate change; Erythronium; Frost; Phenological synchrony; Pollinator decline

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWERING; FROST; FRUIT SET; GEOPHYTE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; SNOWMELT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

BOMBUS (GENUS); ERYTHRONIUM; ERYTHRONIUM GRANDIFLORUM; LILIACEAE; LILIUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 77958066608     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0115     Document Type: Article

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