A piece of the puzzle: A method for comparing pollination quality and quantity across multiple species and reproductive events

New Phytologist

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 532-542

  Alonso, Conchita ^a   Herrera, Carlos M ^a   Ashman, Tia Lynn ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Piecewise regression; Plant communities; Pollen limitation; Pollen tubes; Pollination; Stigmatic pollen load

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; FLOWER; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAMIACEAE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THYMELAEACEAE;

LAMIACEAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THYMELAEACEAE;

EID: 84155162654     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03932.x     Document Type: Article

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