Changes in sexual expression as result of defoliation and environment in a monoecious shrub in Mexico: Implications for pollination

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-441

  Arceo Gómez, Gerardo ^a,b   Parra Tabla, Víctor ^a   Navarro, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cnidoscolus aconitifolius; Herbivory; Pollinator visitation rate

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; FLOWER VISITING; HERBIVORE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SHRUB;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

CNIDOSCOLUS ACONITIFOLIUS;

EID: 67651222439     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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