Pollen limitation in a narrow endemic plant: Geographical variation and driving factors

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 421-431

  Fernández, Juande D ^a   Bosch, Jordi ^b   Nieto Ariza, Beatriz ^a   Gómez, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beefly; Endangered plant; Erysimum; Plant reproductive ecology; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLOWER VISITING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE; RAINFALL; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

APOIDEA; ERYSIMUM; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84866336648     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2312-1     Document Type: Article

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