Effects of human-mediated pollinator impoverishment on floral traits and mating patterns in a short-lived herb: An experimental approach

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 189-197

  Brys, Rein ^a,b   Jacquemyn, Hans ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autonomous selfing; Breeding system evolution; Centaurium erythraea; Herkogamy; Mating system; Outcrossing; Pollen limitation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWER; HERB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POLLEN LIMITATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEED PRODUCTION;

CENTAURIUM; CENTAURIUM ERYTHRAEA;

EID: 83455170456     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01923.x     Document Type: Article

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