Pollination in a patchily distributed lousewort is facilitated by presence of a co-flowering plant due to enhancement of quantity and quality of pollinator visits

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1751-1758

  Yang, Chun Feng ^a   Wang, Qing Feng ^a   Guo, You Hao ^b  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Astragalus pastorius; Bumble bee; Geitonogamous mating; Interspecific pollen transfer; Lousewort; Mechanical isolation; Pedicularis densispica; Pollen limitation; Pollination; Pollinator behaviour.

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FLOWERING; GERMINATION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PASTORIUS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BEE; BUMBLE-BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOWER; GEITONOGAMOUS MATING; INTERSPECIFIC POLLEN TRANSFER; LOUSEWORT; MECHANICAL ISOLATION; PEDICULARIS; PEDICULARIS DENSISPICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR BEHAVIOUR;

ASTRAGALUS PASTORIUS; BUMBLE-BEE; GEITONOGAMOUS MATING; INTERSPECIFIC POLLEN TRANSFER; LOUSEWORT; MECHANICAL ISOLATION; PEDICULARIS DENSISPICA; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR BEHAVIOUR;

ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FLOWERS; PEDICULARIS; POLLINATION;

EID: 84889785757     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct228     Document Type: Article

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