Factors affecting pollinator movement and plant fitness in a specialized pollination system

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-85

  Nattero, Julieta ^a   Malerba, Romina ^a   Medel, Rodrigo ^b   Cocucci, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Centris tricolor; Floral display size; Flowering plant density; Nierembergia linariifolia; Pollen receipt; Pollinator visitation rate; Seed number

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; CENTRIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NIEREMBERGIA;

EID: 80051928337     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-011-0477-4     Document Type: Article

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