Effect of pollinator-inflicted ovule damage on floral abscission in the yucca-yucca moth mutualism: The role of mechanical and chemical factors

Oecologia

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 236-243

  Marr, Deborah L ^a,b   Pellmyr, Olle ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Floral abscission; Mutualism; Oviposition and selective floral abscission; Ovule damage; Plant pollinator interactions

Indexed keywords

ABSCISSION; MOTH; MUTUALISM; OVIPOSITION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATOR;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FLOWER; FRUIT; MOTH; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; SYMBIOSIS; YUCCA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLOWERS; FRUIT; MOTHS; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; POLLEN; SYMBIOSIS; YUCCA;

AGAONIDAE; ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; LEPIDOPTERA; MYA; PRODOXIDAE; TEGETICULA; TEGETICULA YUCCASELLA; VESPIDAE; YUCCA; YUCCA FILAMENTOSA;

EID: 0042209859     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1279-3     Document Type: Article

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