Floral display, pollinator discrimination, and female reproductive success in two monoecious Begonia species

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1610-1619

  Corff, Josiane L E ^a,c   Ågren, Jon ^b,c   Schemske, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Begonia; Deceit pollination; Floral display; Fruit set; Mimicry; Monoecy; Pollinator limitation; Pollinator preference

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; FLOWER VISITING; MORPHOLOGY; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

APIDAE; BEGONIA TONDUZII; BEGONIA UROPHYLLA; HYMENOPTERA; TRIGONA FULVIVENTRIS;

EID: 3543028574     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/176781     Document Type: Article

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