Florivory: The intersection of pollination and herbivory

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1351-1365

  McCall, Andrew C ^a,b   Irwin, Rebecca E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Floral herbivory; Florivory; Growth differentiation balance hypothesis; Growth rate hypothesis; Optimal defence theory; Plant mating system; Pollination; Resistance; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; HERBIVORY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; PLANT; PLANT SEED; REVIEW;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; PLANTS; SEEDS;

EID: 33751201516     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00975.x     Document Type: Review

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