Does climate affect pollen morphology? Optimal size and shape of pollen grains under various desiccation intensity

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Ejsmond, Maciej Jan ^a   Wrońska Pilarek, Dorota ^b   Ejsmond, Anna ^a   Dragosz Kluska, Dominika ^a   Karpińska Kołaczek, Monika ^a   Kołaczek, Piotr ^c   Kozlowski J A N ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Pollen limitation; Pollen morphology; Pollen production; Pollen shape; Pollen size; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 85079461145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES11-00147.1     Document Type: Article

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