Do floral herbivores respond to variation in flower characteristics in Gelsemium sempervirens (Loganiaceae), a distylous vine?

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1270-1274

  Leege, Lissa M ^a   Wolfe, Lorne M ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distyly; Floral herbivory; Flower predation; Flower size; Gelsemium sempervirens; Heterostyly; Nectar production

Indexed keywords

FLORAL TRAIT; HERBIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; VINE;

(SOUTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; GELSEMIUM; GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS; LOGANIACEAE;

EID: 0036678538     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.8.1270     Document Type: Article

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