The importance of scent and nectar filters in a specialized wasp-pollination system

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 931-940

  Shuttleworth, Adam ^a   Johnson, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asclepiadoideae; Breeding system; Floral filter; Pachycarpus grandiflorus; Pollination syndrome; Pompilidae; Self incompatibility; Spider hunting wasp

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; FLOWER VISITING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEYBEE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; NECTAR; PALATABILITY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; SPECIALIZATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SPIDER; TERPENE; VISUAL CUE; WASP;

APIS MELLIFERA; ARANEAE; ASCLEPIADOIDEAE; ASCLEPIAS; HEMIPEPSIS; PACHYCARPUS; POMPILIDAE;

EID: 70349328345     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01573.x     Document Type: Article

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