Effects of local density on insect visitation and fertilization success in the narrow-endemic Centaurea corymbosa (Asteraceae)

Oikos

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 130-142

  Kirchner, Florian ^a   Luijten, Sheila H ^b   Imbert, Eric ^b   Riba, Miquel ^c   Mayol, Maria ^c   González Martínez, Santiago C ^d   Mignot, Agnès ^b   Colas, Bruno ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FLOWER VISITING; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ASTERACEAE; CAPITULUM; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA CORYMBOSA; INSECTA;

EID: 26444484531     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.14022.x     Document Type: Article

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