Flower sex ratio, pollinator abundance, and the seasonal pollination dynamics of a protandrous plant

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 127-144

  Aizen, M A ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alstroemeria aurea; Bumble bees; Flowering phenology; Pollination dynamics; Pollination efficiency; Protandry; Seed output; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

POLLINATION; PROTANDRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; ZOOPHILY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ALSTROEMERIA AUREA; ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS DAHLBOMII; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0035135771     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[0127:FSRPAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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