Conditional strategies in an animal-pollinated plant: Size-dependent adjustment of gender and rewards

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 901-913

  Biernaskie, Jay M ^a,b   Elle, Elizabeth ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Chamerion; Epilobium; Inflorescence design; Nectar gradient; Nectar production rate; Patch departure; Pollen dispensing; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHAMERION; CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; EPILOBIUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 26444612790     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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