Pollen source and resource limitation to fruit production in the rare species Eremosparton songoricum (Fabaceae)

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 438-444

  Shi, Xiang ^a,b   Wang, Jian Cheng ^a,b   Zhang, Dao Yuan ^c   Gaskin, John ^d   Pan, Bo Rong ^a,c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESERT; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT PRODUCTION; FRUIT SET; LEGUME; LIMITING FACTOR; OUTCROSSING; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; POLLINATOR; RARE SPECIES; RESOURCE USE; SEED SET;

CENTRAL ASIA;

EREMOSPARTON; FABACEAE; MEGACHILE;

EID: 78149366853     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: 17561051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2010.00658.x     Document Type: Article

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