Using pollination deficits to infer pollinator declines: Can theory guide us?

Conservation Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Thomson, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bateman's principle; Evolutionary equilibrium; Fruit and seed set limits; Pollen presentation theory; Pollen removal and deposition; Pollination deficit; Pollinator decline; Pollinators; Primula sieboldii; Reproductive cost; Resource allocation; Resource limitation; Supplemental pollination

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; PRIMULA; PRIMULA SIEBOLDII; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 0002952668     PISSN: 11955449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-00270-050106     Document Type: Review

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