Population size, pollination and reproductive success in two endangered Genista species

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 246-250

  Tsaliki, Marina ^a   Diekmann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dry heathland; Habitat fragmentation; Pollinator activity; Population size; Reproductive output

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RARE SPECIES; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; SHRUB; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BREMEN [GERMANY]; GERMANY;

APIS MELLIFERA; GENISTA; GENISTA ANGLICA; GENISTA PILOSA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79951772652     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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