Both flowering time and distance to conspecific plants affect reproduction in Echinacea angustifolia, a common prairie perennial

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 920-929

  Ison, Jennifer L ^a,b,c   Wagenius, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Plant Biology and Conservation   (United States)

^c WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Edge effect; Flowering phenology; Habitat fragmentation; Pollen limitation; Reproductive ecology; Seed set; Spatial isolation; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; CONSPECIFIC; DICOTYLEDON; EDGE EFFECT; FLOWERING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; ISOLATION EFFECT; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOLOGY; POLLEN; PRAIRIE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEED SET; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY;

EID: 84902987147     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12262     Document Type: Article

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