Flowers and enemies: Predation by nectar-thieving ants in relation to variation in floral form of an alpine wildflower, Polemonium viscosum

Oikos

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 426-434

  Galen, Candace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; FLOWER; NECTAR; PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; COROLLA; FORMICA; FORMICA NEORUFIBARBUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POLEMONIUM VISCOSUM;

EID: 0033002064     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546692     Document Type: Article

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