Wasp florivory decreases reproductive success in an epiphytic bromeliad

Plant Ecology

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-153

  Cascante Marín, Alfredo ^a   Wolf, Jan H D ^b   Oostermeijer, J Gerard B ^b  

^a Museo Nacional de Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Eurytoma; Eurytomidae; Flower predation; Fruit set

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; EPIPHYTE; FLOWERING; FRUIT SET; HERBIVORY; INHIBITION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WASP;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EURYTOMA; EURYTOMIDAE; WERAUHIA;

EID: 67849088419     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9522-y     Document Type: Article

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