Impact of the third trophic level in an obligate mutualism: Do yucca plants benefit from parasitoids of yucca moths?

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-124

  Crabb, Beau A ^a   Pellmyr, Olle ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cost of pollination; Indirect mutualism; Tegeticula; Yucca; Yucca moth

Indexed keywords

MUTUALISM; PARASITOID; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEED PREDATION;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AGAVACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PRODOXIDAE; TEGETICULA; TEGETICULA YUCCASELLA; YUCCA TRECULEANA;

EID: 30144444070     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497844     Document Type: Article

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