Facilitative interactions among plants via shared pollinators

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3289-3301

  Moeller, David A ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effects; Density dependence; Facilitation; Indirect effects; Onagraceae; Plant pollinator interactions; Pollen limitation; Pollination; Population size; Positive interactions; Solitary bees

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FACILITATION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN LIMITATION; POPULATION SIZE;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; CLARKIA; CLARKIA XANTIANA; ONAGRACEAE;

EID: 11844282852     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0810     Document Type: Article

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