Variable flowering phenology and pollinator use in a community suggest future phenological mismatch

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 104-111

  Petanidou, Theodora ^a   Kallimanis, Athanasios S ^b   Sgardelis, Stefanos P ^c   Mazaris, Antonios D ^c   Pantis, John D ^c   Waser, Nickolas M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bees; Climate change; Flowering duration; Flowering onset; Mediterranean ecosystems; Phenology; Pollination; Specialization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FLOWERING; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84904309722     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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