The evolution of obligate pollination mutualisms: Senita cactus and senita moth

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 368-375

  Fleming, Theodore H ^a   Holland, J Nathaniel ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Lophocereus schottii; Pollination; Sonoran Desert; Upiga virescens; Yucca yucca moths

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MUTUALISM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

MEXICO, SONORA STATE, BAHIA KINO;

LOPHOCEREUS SCHOTTI; LOPHOCEREUS SCHOTTII; PYRALIDAE; UPIGA VIRESCENS;

EID: 0031970883     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050459     Document Type: Article

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