Relationship between capitulum size and pre-dispersal seed predation by insect larvae in common Asteraceae

Oecologia

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 72-77

  Fenner, M ^a   Cresswell, J E ^b   Hurley, R A ^a   Baldwin, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bud infesting larvae; Flower lifespan; Flower size; Flowering synchrony; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FLOWERING; INSECT; POLLINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ANIMALIA; ARCTIUM MINUS; ASTERACEAE; CAPITULUM; INSECTA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0036940429     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100773     Document Type: Article

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