INVESTIGADORES
MORALES Carolina Laura
capítulos de libros
Título:
Pollination
Autor/es:
VÁZQUEZ DIEGO PEDRO; MORALES CAROLINA LAURA
Libro:
Encyclopedia of Invasive Introduced Species
Editorial:
University of California Press (UCPress)
Referencias:
Lugar: Berkeley, CA; Año: 2010; p. 546 - 549
Resumen:
Pollination is the transfer of pollen grains, which contain male gametes, to the receptive part
of the ovulebearing
organ of seed plants (the mycropyle in Gymnosperms and the stigma in
Angiosperms). Pollination, a crucial step in sexual reproduction of seed plants, can occur through
abiotic vectors (wind, water) and biotic vectors (insects, birds, other vertebrates). Introduced species
may influence pollination either directly, when the alien is a plant or a pollinator, or indirectly, when
the alien is another kind of species that influences the pollination process by affecting the plant, the
pollinator or both. In addition, pollination can modulate the establishment and spread of introduced
plant species