Facilitated selfing offers reproductive assurance: A mutualism between a hemipteran and carnivorous plant

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1009-1015

  Anderson, Bruce ^a   Midgley, Jeremy J ^a   Stewart, Barbara A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autogamy; Facilitated selfing; Mutualism; Pollination; Reproductive assurance; Roridula; Seed set; Self fertilization

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; FLORAL TRAIT; MUTUALISM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SEED SET;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; RORIDULA;

EID: 0043269405     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.7.1009     Document Type: Article

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