The effects of soil warming on flowering phenology, reproductive strategy and attractiveness to pollinators in the herb Cerastium fontanum (Caryophyllaceae)

• Main Author: Johner, Julia
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och botanik 2019
• Subjects: Climate change; soil warming; phenological mismatch; phenotypic plasticity; counter-gradient variation; plant-pollinator interactions; reproductive assurance; autogamous self-pollination; flower size; common-garden experiment; Natural Sciences; Naturvetenskap; Hengill; Iceland
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-184959

Phenotypic plasticity plays an important role in organisms’ adaptability to environmental change such as global warming caused by greenhouse-gas emissions. One plastic response to increased temperatures is for organisms to shift their phenology. It is of great concern that the phenologies of interac...