Are flower-visiting ants mutualists or antagonists? A study in a gynodioecious wild strawberry

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 891-895

  Ashman, Tia Lynn ^a   King, Emiley A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ant pollination; Ant plant interaction; Floral evolution; Fragaria virginiana; Gynodioecy; Pollination; Rosaceae; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; GYNODIOECY; MYRMECOPHILY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; FRAGARIA VIRGINIANA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; INSECTA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 18244375544     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.5.891     Document Type: Article

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