Effectiveness of ants as pollinators of Lobularia maritima: Effects on main sequential fitness components of the host plant

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 90-97

  Gómez, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ant pollination; Cruciferae; Female fitness; Pollinator effectiveness; Progeny performance

Indexed keywords

ANT; FITNESS; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICACEAE; CAMPONOTUS MICANS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LOBULARIA MARITIMA; PTERYGOTA;

EID: 17544393602     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008840     Document Type: Article

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