Sterile flowers increase pollinator attraction and promote female success in the Mediterranean herb Leopoldia comosa

Annals of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-111

  Morales, Carolina L ^a   Traveset, Anna ^b   Harder, Lawrence D ^c  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthophora; cross pollination; fertile floral display; geitonogamy; Leopoldia comosa; mating cost; non fertile flowers; outcrossing; pollen deposition; pollen quality; pollen removal; sterile flowers

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; BEE; FEMALE; FLOWER; HERB; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; OUTCROSSING; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED SET; STERILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FLOWER; FRANCE; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LILIACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT INFERTILITY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BEES; FLOWERS; FRANCE; FRUIT; LILIACEAE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANT INFERTILITY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SPAIN;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOPHORA; APOIDEA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MUSCARI COMOSUM;

EID: 84871743693     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs243     Document Type: Article

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