Generalization vs. Specialization in the pollination system of Hormathophylla spinosa (Cruciferae)

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 796-805

  Gómez, José María ^a   Zamora, Regino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cruciferae, generalization in pollination system; Guild; High mountain ecology; Hormathophylla spinosa; Mutualism; Pollination ecology; Pollinator effectiveness and foraging behavior

Indexed keywords

POLLINATOR; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BRASSICACEAE; COLLETES; ERISTALIS TENAX; EXECHIA; FANNIA SCALARIS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HORMATHOPHYLLA; HORMATHOPHYLLA SPINOSA; INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PROFORMICA LONGISETA;

EID: 0342994163     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0796:gvsitp]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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