Geographic variation in reproductive success of stenocereus thurberi (cactaceae): Effects of pollination timing and pollinator guild

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2020-2030

  Bustamante, Enriquena ^a   Casas, Alejandro ^b   Búrquez, Alberto ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bats; Bet hedging; Fruit set; Generalist; Pollen limitation; Seed set; Sonoran desert; Spatial variation; Specialist; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

BAT; BET-HEDGING; CACTUS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLOWER VISITING; FRUIT SET; GENERALIST; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GUILD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NECTAR; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED SET; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SONORAN DESERT;

CACTACEAE; STENOCEREUS THURBERI;

EID: 78649763828     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000071     Document Type: Article

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