Effects of experimental manipulation of inflorescence size on pollination and pre-dispersal seed predation in the hummingbird-pollinated plant Ipomopsis aggregata

Oecologia

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-93

  Brody, Alison K ^a,c   Mitchell, Randall J ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Female reproductive success; Inflorescence size; Pollinator visitation; Pre dispersal seed predation

Indexed keywords

HUMMINGBIRD; INFLORESCENCE SIZE; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR VISITATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PREDATION;

ANTHOMYIIDAE; DIPTERA; HYLEMYA; IPOMOPSIS AGGREGATA; POLEMONIACEAE; SELASPHORUS PLATYCERCUS; SELASPHORUS RUFUS;

EID: 0030620341     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050136     Document Type: Article

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