Selective flower abortion maintains moth cooperation in a newly discovered pollination mutualism

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-329

  Goto, Ryutaro ^a   Okamoto, Tomoko ^a   Toby Kiers, E ^b   Kawakita, Atsushi ^a   Kato, Makoto ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epicephala; Flower to fruit ratio; Glochidion; Mutualism stability; Obligate pollination mutualism; Resource limitation; Selective flower abortion

Indexed keywords

EPICEPHALA; GLOCHIDION; GLOCHIDION ACUMINATUM; LEPIDOPTERA; PRODOXIDAE;

EID: 77949904927     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01425.x     Document Type: Article

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