Experimental investigation of the effect of spatial aggregation on reproductive success in a rewardless orchid

Oecologia

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 435-441

  Internicola, Antonina I ^a   Juillet, Nicolas ^a   Smithson, Ann ^b   Gigord, Luc D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dactylorhiza sambucina; Learning behaviour; Muscari neglectum; Plant pollinator interactions; Rewarding species

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANGIOSPERM; FLOWERING; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRANCE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRANCE; ORCHIDACEAE; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

DACTYLORHIZA SAMBUCINA; MUSCARI NEGLECTUM; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 33751007818     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0530-0     Document Type: Article

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