Effects of experimental shifts in flowering phenology on plant-pollinator interactions

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-74

  Rafferty, Nicole E ^a   Ives, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Flowering onset; Flowering phenology; Global warming; Mismatch; Phenology; Plant pollinator interactions; Plant pollinator mutualisms; Pollination; Prairie

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 78650040367     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01557.x     Document Type: Article

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