The roles of ants as flower visitors: Experimental analysis in three alpine plant species

Oikos

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-46

  Puterbaugh, Mary N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; FLOWER VISITING; HERBIVORY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ERITRICHUM ARETIOIDES; FORMICA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; OREOXIS ALPINA; PARONYCHIA PULVINATA;

EID: 0031710030     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546544     Document Type: Article

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