Positive indirect interactions between neighboring plant species via a lizard pollinator

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 534-542

  Hansen, Dennis M ^a   Kiesbüy, Heine C ^a   Jones, Carl G ^b,c   Müller, Christine B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MAURITIAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Conservation biology; Facilitation; Indirect effects; Mutualism; Plant animal interactions

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; MONOCOTYLEDON; NECTAR; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; MAURITIUS; OBSERVATION; PANDANACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIZARDS; MALVACEAE; MAURITIUS; OBSERVATION; PANDANACEAE; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; GEKKONIDAE; PANDANUS; PHELSUMA CEPEDIANA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33947430100     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511960     Document Type: Article

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