Nectarless flowers: Ecological correlates and evolutionary stability

Oecologia

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 565-570

  Thakar, Juilee D ^a   Kunte, Krushnamegh ^a   Chauhan, Anisha K ^a   Watve, Aparna V ^a   Watve, Milind G ^a  

^a Life Research Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Animal pollination; Cheating; Nectarless flowers; Pollinator learning

Indexed keywords

CHEATING BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FLOWER VISITING; LEARNING; NECTAR; POLLINATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; PLANT; REPRODUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0141457883     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1304-6     Document Type: Article

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