Pollinator-mediated isolation in sympatric milkweeds (Asclepias): Do floral morphology and insect behavior influence species boundaries?

New Phytologist

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 265-277

  Kephart, Susan ^a   Theiss, Kathryn ^b  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asclepias; Floral isolation; Milkweed; Pollinator behavior; Reproductive isolation

Indexed keywords

FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOCYNACEAE; ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; ASCLEPIAS VERTICILLATA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPHECIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0346127429     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00956.x     Document Type: Article

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