Effects of pollinators, herbivores, and seed predators on flowering phenology

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1624-1631

  Brody, Alison K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Biological Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Flowering phenology; Geographic variation; Pollinators; Pre dispersal seed predators; Selection; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATA; IPOMOPSIS AGGREGATA; POLEMONIACEAE; POLEMONIUM FOLIOSISSIMUM;

HERBIVORE; POLLINATOR; SEED PREDATOR;

EID: 0030613588     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1624:EOPHAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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