Éxito de la polinización en comunidades vegetales mediterráneas altamente diversas: evaluación a largo plazo de la limitación del polen en especies endémicas bajo el cambio climático
Pollination success in highly diverse Mediterranean plant communities: long-term evaluation of pollen limitation in endemic species under climate change
Investigador principal
Conchita Alonso
Entidad financiera
FULBR24047
Fecha de inicio
Fecha de fin
Código
FULBR24047
Investigadores
University of Pittsburgh
Descripción
The main objective of the research is to document whether, and understand how, climate change is affecting pollination of plants in a unique Mediterranean habitat in Northern California, the serpentine seeps in the McLaughlin Natural Reserve, located within a region that has been experiencing a historic mega-drought over the last decade. We will take advantage of our previous study conducted in 2009/11 that suggested that pollination quality differed between endemic and non-endemic plant species when co-flowering. Our research will produce the first-ever comparative understanding of climate-driven impacts on the relative mechanisms of pollen limitation between endemic and widespread co-flowering species in plant-rich communities.