Extrafloral nectar as a resource mediating multispecies interactions

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1495-1502

  Rudgers, Jennifer A ^a,c   Gardener, Mark C ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrafloral nectar; Geographic variation; Gossypium thurberi; Indirect effects; Multispecies interactions; Nectar chemistry; Species diversity; Wild cotton

Indexed keywords

ANT; COTTON; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NECTAR; SELECTION;

ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; GOSSYPIUM THURBERI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 4444342521     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0391     Document Type: Review

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