Ecological context influences pollinator deterrence by alkaloids in floral nectar

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 375-382

  Gegear, Robert J ^a   Manson, Jessamyn S ^a   Thomson, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Cost of resistance; Ecological costs; Gelsemine; Gelsemium sempervirens; Herbivory; Nectar alkaloids; Pollination; Pollinator behaviour; Toxic nectar

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID;

ALKALOID; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HERBIVORY; NECTAR; PLANT DEFENSE; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF; VINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; FLOWER; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; BEES; ECOLOGY; FLOWERS; POLLEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOMBUS IMPATIENS; GELSEMIUM; GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS; IMPATIENS;

EID: 34248180126     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01027.x     Document Type: Article

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