Tree Pollination Under Global Climate Change

• Main Authors: Ramírez, Fernando (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kallarackal, Jose (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Agriculture,
• Subjects: Trees.; Entomology.; Plant physiology.; Climate change.; Tree Biology.; Plant Physiology.; Climate Change.

This brief reviews the pollination aspects of both wild and domesticated fruit tree species in a global climate change context. It explores cross-pollination mediated by insects, vertebrates and abiotic factors, self-pollination and their global warming implications. The authors identify the link be...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Preface
• 2. Introduction
• 3. Pollen physiology and climate change
• 4. Warm temperatures and tree pollination
• 5. Precipitation and pollination
• 6. Droughts and flooding
• 7. Fruit tree phenology and pollination
• 8. Insect pollinators in changed climate
• 9. Vertebrate pollination
• 10. Other pollination modes
• 11. Conservation implications
• 12. Conclusion.