Nectar-robbing bumble bees reduce the fitness of Ipomopsis aggregata (Polemoniaceae)

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1703-1712

  Irwin, Rebecca E ^a,b   Brody, Alison K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombus occidentalis; Cheating behavior; Hummingbirds; Ipomopsis aggregata; Nectar robbery; Pollen donation; Pollen receipt; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; NECTARIVORY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AGGREGATA; ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS OCCIDENTALIS; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; INSECTA; IPOMOPSIS AGGREGATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POLEMONIACEAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0032817889     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1703:nrbbrt]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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