Multifunctional bracts enhance plant fitness during flowering and seed development in Rheum nobile (Polygonaceae), a giant herb endemic to the high Himalayas

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 359-370

  Song, Bo ^a,b   Zhang, Zhi Qiang ^a   Stöcklin, Jürg ^c   Yang, Yang ^a   Niu, Yang ^a   Chen, Jian Guo ^a,b   Sun, Hang ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abiotic agent; Floral trait; Pollen protection; Pollinator attraction; Reproductive strategy

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADAPTATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; FLOWERING; HERB; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WEED;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; FLOWER; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; RHEUM; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHINA; FLOWERS; GERMINATION; PLANT LEAVES; POLLEN; POLLINATION; RAIN; REPRODUCTION; RHEUM; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

HIMALAYAS;

POLYGONACEAE; RHEUM; RHEUM NOBILE;

EID: 84878110521     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2518-2     Document Type: Article

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