Temporal and spatial variation in pollination of a montane herb: A seven-year study

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2106-2116

  Price, Mary V ^a,b   Waser, Nickolas M ^a,b   Irwin, Rebecca E ^a,c,f   Campbell, Diane R ^a,d   Brody, Alison K ^a,e  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^f Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Field study; Floral larcenists; Floral visitation rates; Flower visitor community; Hummingbirds; Insects; Ipomopsis aggregata; Long term study; Path analysis; Plant population dynamics; Pollen delivery; Pollination services; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; HERB; POLLINATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; IPOMOPSIS AGGREGATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 23644455692     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1274     Document Type: Article

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