A plant pathogen influences pollinator behavior and may influence reproduction of nonhosts

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2445-2457

  Roy, B A ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemone patens; Arabis holboellii; Competition; Facilitation; Floral mimicry; Fly pollination; Halictid bees; Puccinia monoica; Pulsatilla patens; Rust fungi

Indexed keywords

ANEMONE; ANEMONE PATENS; APOIDEA; ARABIS; ARABIS HOLBOELLII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICACEAE; FUNGI; HALICTIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PUCCINIA MONOICA; PULSATILLA; PULSATILLA PATENS; RANUNCULACEAE; UREDINALES;

PATHOGEN; POLLINATOR BEHAVIOUR; PSEUDOFLOWER; RUST FUNGUS;

EID: 0030417132     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265745     Document Type: Article

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