Interspecific pollinator movements reduce pollen deposition and seed production in mimulus ringens (Phrymaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 809-815

  Flanagan, Rebecca J ^a   Mitchell, Randall J ^b   Knutowski, Dustin ^a   Karron, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombus vagans; Bumble bee; Competition for pollination; Interspecific pollen transfer; Mimulus ringens; Monkey flower; Phrymaceae; Pollen loss; Pollination; Seed set

Indexed keywords

BEE; CONSPECIFIC; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWER; FORAGE; FRUIT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOVEMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; OUTCROSSING; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SET;

NORTH AMERICA;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS VAGANS; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; MIMULUS (ANGIOSPERM); MIMULUS RINGENS; PHRYMACEAE;

EID: 65249158986     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800317     Document Type: Article

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