Mutualistic interactions between Upiga virescens (Pyralidae), a pollinating seed-consumer, and Lophocereus schottii (Cactaceae)

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2074-2084

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Life history; Lophocereus schottii; Mutualism; Oviposition; Pollination, active; Seed consumption; Senita cactus; Senita moth; Sonoran Desert; Specialization; Survivorship; Upiga virescens

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MUTUALISM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SEED PREDATION;

CALIFORNIA; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

AGAONIDAE; ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CACTACEAE; HALICTIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LOPHOCEREUS SCHOTTII; PACHYCEREUS SCHOTTII; PYRALIDAE; TEGETICULA YUCCASELLA; UPIGA; UPIGA VIRESCENS; VESPIDAE; YUCCA;

EID: 0032845566     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2074:mibuvp]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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