Negative indirect effects of an avian insectivore on the fruit set of an insect-pollinated herb

Oikos

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 297-304

  Meehan, T D ^a,b   Lease, H M ^a   Wolf, B O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Santa Fe Radiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUIT SET; INSECTIVORE; PASSERINE; POLLINATOR;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; HEXAPODA; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO PYRRHONOTA; INSECTA; MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 17144380859     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13578.x     Document Type: Article

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