Natural frost exposure experiment (Boraginaceae)

Subcategory: environmental stress

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Description

Opportunistic use of natural frost events to test differential frost sensitivity between style morphs. Flowers were exposed to freezing temperatures then assessed for reproductive success compared to unfrosted controls.

Typical Equipment

flower marking materials
pollination tools

Output Measurements

frost damage assessment
post-frost seed set
style morph survival differences

Papers Using This Protocol (1)

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Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

2011Annals of Botanyintroducing