Project

Impact of plant- pollinator interactions on the selection of breeding systems, floral traits and plant performance in a spatially structured habitat

Code
01D21809
Duration
01 October 2009 → 01 September 2010
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Plant biology
Keywords
pollinator community flower and plant traits soil conditions reaction norm approach
 
Project description

Variation in flower and plants traits and reproductive success of plant populations can be affected by pollinator communities and by local soil conditions. This research aims to elucidate to what extent both factors inlfuence this process. An obseervational correlative and an experimental reaction norm approach will be carried out on the insect-pollinated Silene nutans in a fragmented dune landscape.