Interactions between a high-mountain shrub, Genista versicolor (Fabaceae), and its seed predators

Ecoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-56

  Gómez, José M ^a   García, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genista versicolor; High mountain ecology; Host plant effect; Predispersal seed predation; Spain

Indexed keywords

BRENTIDAE; COLEOPHORA; COLEOPHORA BRUNNEOSIGNATA; COLEOPHORIDAE; CURCULIONIDAE; EXAPION; EXAPION COMPACTUM; FABACEAE; GENISTA; GENISTA VERSICOLOR; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; VESPIDAE; APIONIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

MOTH; MOUNTAIN; SEED PREDATION; WEEVIL;

EID: 0031416238     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1997.11682376     Document Type: Article

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