A test for allee effects in the self-incompatible wasp-pollinated milkweed Gomphocarpus physocarpus

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 688-697

  Coombs, Gareth ^a   Peter, Craig I ^a   Johnson, Steven D ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Asclepiadoideae; Gomphocarpus physocarpus; Pollen transfer efficiency; Pollinarium reconfiguration; Self incompatible; Wasp pollination

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; DICOTYLEDON; FRUIT; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POPULATION SIZE; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; ROOT COLONIZATION; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; WASP;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

APOCYNACEAE; ASCLEPIADOIDEAE; ASCLEPIAS; BELONOGASTER; GOMPHOCARPUS PHYSOCARPUS; POLISTES; VESPIDAE;

EID: 69549116687     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.01976.x     Document Type: Article

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