Generalization in pollination systems, and why it matters

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1043-1060

  Waser, Nickolas M ^a,b   Chittka, Lars ^c,d   Price, Mary V ^a,b   Williams, Neal M ^c   Ollerton, Jeff ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Behavioral constraints of pollinators; Evolution; Foraging theory; Generalization in pollination systems; Interaction web connectance; Mutualism; Plant animal interaction; Pollination syndromes; Solitary bees; Specialization; Surveys of local floras

Indexed keywords

GENERALIZATION; POLLINATION SYSTEM; SPECIALIZATION;

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EID: 0030422502     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265575     Document Type: Article

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