Herbivory reduces the strength of pollinator-mediated selection in the mediterranean herb Erysimum mediohispanicum: Consequences for plant specialization

American Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 242-256

  Gómez, Jose M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological conflicts; Environmental manipulation; Erysimum mediohispanicum; Evolutionary trade offs; Ibex; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; NATURAL SELECTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SPECIALIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; ERYSIMUM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ERYSIMUM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; RUMINANTS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; BRASSICACEAE; CAPRA IBEX; ERYSIMUM; UNGULATA;

EID: 0041976907     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/376574     Document Type: Article

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