Ants in your plants: Effects of nectar-thieves on pollen fertility and seed-siring capacity in the alpine wildflower, Polemonium viscosum

Oikos

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 521-528

  Galen, Candace ^a   Butchart, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; FLOWER VISITING; NECTAR; POLLEN; SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; FORMICA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POLEMONIUM; POLEMONIUM VISCOSUM;

EID: 0038179640     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12144.x     Document Type: Article

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