Pollination and seed predation drive flowering phenology in Silene latifolia (Caryophyllaceae)

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2062-2073

  Wright, Jessica Wilcox ^a,b   Meagher, Thomas R ^a,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caryophyllaceae; Flowering phenology; Pollination; Seed predation; Silene latifolia; Time series analysis; White campion

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEED PREDATION;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA; SILENE LATIFOLIA SUBSP. ALBA;

EID: 0345447459     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0676     Document Type: Article

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