Palp-faction: An African milkweed dismembers its wasp pollinators

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 741-747

  Shuttleworth, Adam ^a   Johnson, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Apocynaceae; Mutualism; Nectar; Pollination syndromes

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; FLOWER VISITING; MUTUALISM; NECTARIVORY; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; WASP; WEED;

APOCYNACEAE; ARANEAE; ASCLEPIAS; HEMIPEPSIS; HYMENOPTERA; PACHYCARPUS; POMPILIDAE;

ANIMAL; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIADACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SYMBIOSIS; WASP;

ANIMALS; APOCYNACEAE; ASCLEPIADACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; POLLINATION; SYMBIOSIS; WASPS;

EID: 60749136454     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0326     Document Type: Article

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