Reproductive ecology and severe pollen limitation in the polychromic tundra plant, Parrya nudicaulis (Brassicaceae)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Fulkerson, Justin R ^a   Whittall, Justen B ^b   Carlson, Matthew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRASSICACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; HETEROZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; OVULE; PARRYA NUDICAULIS; PIGMENTATION; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT REPRODUCTION; POLLEN; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SPECIES HABITAT; TUNDRA; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; FLOWER; INSECT; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

BRASSICACEAE; HEXAPODA; MUSCIDAE; PARRYA NUDICAULIS; SYRPHIDAE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALASKA; ANIMALS; BRASSICACEAE; FLOWERS; INSECTS; OBSERVATION; OVULE; PIGMENTATION; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84858019939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032790     Document Type: Article

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