A mutualism's indirect costs: The most aggressive plant bodyguards also deter pollinators

Oikos

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 506-514

  Ness, Joshua H ^a,b  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FLOWER; FRUIT; HERBIVORY; PLANT DEFENSE; POLLINATION; SEED;

APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; CACTACEAE; FEROCACTUS WISLIZENI; FORMICIDAE; SOLENOPSIS XYLONI;

EID: 33646140292     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.14143.x     Document Type: Article

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