Small-scale spatial patterns determine ecological relationships: An experimental example using nectar production rates

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 559-567

  Klinkhamer, P G L ^a   De Jong, T J ^a   Linnebank, L A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frequency dependent selection; Genetic diversity; Nectar; Pollinator; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; NECTAR; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; ECHIUM VULGARE; EMBRYOPHYTA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0035201940     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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