Reduced pollinator service and elevated pollen limitation at the geographic range limit of an annual plant

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1036-1048

  Moeller, David A ^a   Geber, Monica A ^b   Eckhart, Vincent M ^c   Tiffin, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; California endemic plant; Clarkia xantiana ssp. xantiana; Climate; Evolutionary constraint; Mating system; Mutualsim; Pollen limitation; Pollination; Reproductive assurance; Self fertilization; Species border and distribution

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL PLANT; AUTOGAMY; BEE; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENETIC MARKER; OUTCROSSING; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN LIMITATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPECIALIST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CLARKIA; DEMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BEES; CLARKIA; DEMOGRAPHY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; RAIN; SEASONS;

APOIDEA; CLARKIA XANTIANA;

EID: 84859441266     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1462.1     Document Type: Article

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