Floral phenotypic plasticity as a buffering mechanism in the globeflower-fly mutualism

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1205-1212

  Hemborg, Åsa M ^a   Després, Laurence ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Altitude; Floral traits; Nursery pollination mutualism; Nutrient status; Phenotypic plasticity; Trollius europaeus

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER; FLY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERB; LARVA; MEADOW; MUTUALISM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SIZE EFFECT; SOIL NUTRIENT;

CHIASTOCHETA; TROLLIUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 79958044922     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9898-y     Document Type: Article

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