Competition for pollination between an invasive species (purple loosestrife) and a native congener

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2328-2336

  Brown, Beverly J ^a,c   Mitchell, Randall J ^b   Graham, Shirley A ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c NAZARETH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Invasive species; Lythrum alatum; Lythrum salicaria; Pollination; Pollinator visitation; Purple loosestrife; Seed set; Winged loosestrife

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FLOWER VISITING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NATIVE SPECIES; POLLINATION; SEED SET;

LYSIMACHIA; LYTHRUM ALATUM; LYTHRUM SALICARIA;

EID: 0013389539     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2328:CFPBAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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