Patterns of interaction between plants and pollinators along an environmental gradient

Oikos

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 461-472

  Devoto, Mariano ^a   Medan, Diego ^a   Montaldo, Norberto H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLOWER VISITING; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 17444413440     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13712.x     Document Type: Article

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