Multiple pollinator visits to Mimulus ringens (Phrymaceae) flowers increase mate number and seed set within fruits

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1306-1312

  Karron, Jeffrey D ^a   Mitchell, Randall J ^b   Bell, John M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c Applied Ecological Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bumble bee; Monkeyflower; Multiple paternity; Paternity analysis; Phrymaceae; Pollination effectiveness; Pollination intensity; Seed set

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; MULTIPLE MATING; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); MIMULUS (ANGIOSPERM); MIMULUS RINGENS; PHRYMACEAE;

EID: 33749443200     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.93.9.1306     Document Type: Article

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