Does the pollinator abundance hypothesis explain geographic variation in the breeding system of Pachycereus pringlei?

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 383-393

  Molina Freaner, Francisco ^a   Cervantes Salas, Mauricio ^a   Morales Romero, Daniel ^a   Buchmann, Stephen ^b,d,e   Fleming, Theodore H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d Bee Works   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Columnar cacti; Gynodioecy; Pachycereus pringlei; Sonoran Desert; Trioecy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT; CACTUS; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; POLLINATOR; SEX RATIO;

MEXICO; SONORA STATE; SONORAN DESERT;

ANIMALIA; CACTACEAE; LEPTONYCTERIS; LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE; PACHYCEREUS; PACHYCEREUS PRINGLEI;

EID: 0038267543     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/368394     Document Type: Article

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