What governs protein content of pollen: Pollinator preferences, pollen-pistil interactions, or phylogeny?

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 617-643

  Roulston, T'ai H ^a,d   Cane, James H ^b   Buchmann, Stephen L ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemophilous; Pollen protein; Pollen volume; Pollination; Pollinator reward; Style length; Zoophilous

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033740577     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2000)070[0617:WGPCOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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