Pollinator-mediated competition between two congeners, Limnanthes douglasii subsp. rosea and L. Alba (Limnanthaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1125-1132

  Briscoe Runquist, Ryan D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Evolution and Ecology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition for pollination; Fine scale distribution; Heterospecific pollen transfer; Limnanthes; Plant plant interactions; Vernal pool

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; FERTILITY; FLOWERING; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; SPATIAL VARIATION; VERNALIZATION;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FOOD PREFERENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; WETLAND;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; FOOD PREFERENCES; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; WETLANDS;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

LIMNANTHACEAE; LIMNANTHES; LIMNANTHES ALBA; LIMNANTHES DOUGLASII;

EID: 84863869901     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100588     Document Type: Article

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