Are nectar-robbers mutualists or antagonists?

Oecologia

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 246-254

  Richardson, Sarah C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional outcome; Indirect effects; Mutualism; Nectar robbing; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; MUTUALISM; NECTAR; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; ROBBING;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIGNONIACEAE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; HYMENOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIGNONIACEAE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; HYMENOPTERA; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS SONORUS; CHILOPSIS LINEARIS; SALIX;

EID: 2342468095     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1504-8     Document Type: Article

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