Nectar secondary compounds affect self-pollen transfer: Implications for female and male reproduction

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2207-2217

  Irwin, Rebecca E ^a   Adler, Lynn S ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Distyly; Geitonogamy; Gelsemium sempervirens; Nectar alkaloids; Nectar quality; Nectar secondary compounds; Outcrossed vs. selfed; Pollination; Toxic nectar

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AUTOGAMY; FLORAL TRAIT; GEITONOGAMY; NECTAR; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTION;

APOIDEA; GELSEMIUM; GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS;

ALKALOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; GELSEMIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; POLLINATION; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; BEES; GELSEMIUM; POLLEN; POLLINATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS;

EID: 54549097991     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1359.1     Document Type: Article

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