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
Departamento
Ecología y Evolución
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.