Pollen limitation and inbreeding depression in an 'old rare' bumblebee-pollinated grassland herb

Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 857-864

  Becker, T ^a,b   Voss, N ^a,c   Durka, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Habitat fragmentation; Inbreeding depression; Pollen limitation; Pollen ovule ratio

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; BEE; FRUIT SET; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; ISOLATED POPULATION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN LIMITATION; POPULATION SIZE; RARE SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BEE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENETIC DRIFT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SELF FERTILIZATION;

ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BEES; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENETIC DRIFT; POLLEN; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SELF-FERTILIZATION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 80053920530     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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