Infertile seeds of Yucca schottii: A beneficial role for the plant in the yucca-yucca moth mutualism?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-76

  Ziv, Yaron ^a   Bronstein, Judith L ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Obligate mutualism; Pollination; Resource limitation; Seed predation; Yucca yucca moth interaction

Indexed keywords

YUCCA SCHOTTII; INCURVARIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PARATEGETICLA POLLENIFERA; PRODOXINAE;

INFERTILE SEED; MUTUALISM; OBLIGATE MUTUALISM; POLLINATION; SEED PREDATION; YUCCA; YUCCA MOTH;

EID: 0029668127     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01239347     Document Type: Article

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