Does spatial population structure affect seed set in pollen-limited Thymus capitatus?

Apidologie

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-77

  Tscheulin, Thomas ^a   Petanidou, Theodora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lesvos; Patch size; Pollen limitation; Pollination; Population size; Thymus capitatus

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLOWER VISITING; HABITAT QUALITY; HONEYBEE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; PATCH SIZE; POLLEN LIMITATION; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SET; SHRUB; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

GREECE; LESBOS; NORTHERN AEGEAN;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; THYMUS CAPITATUS;

EID: 80054710516     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2010035     Document Type: Article

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