Causes and consequences of floral damage in Aconitum lycoctonum at high and low elevations in Switzerland

Oecologia

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 266-273

  Utelli, Anna Barbara ^a   Roy, Barbara A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beetles; Bumblebees; Mutualism; Nectar robbery; Pollination

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; ELEVATION; FLOWER; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; ROBBING;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0035039795     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000580     Document Type: Article

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