Benefit and cost curves for typical pollination mutualisms

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1276-1285

  Morris, William F ^a   Vazquez, Diego P ^b,c   Chacoff, Natacha P ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Benefits and costs of mutualism; Density dependence; Interaction frequency; Nectar robbery; Pollinating seed consumer mutualism

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FLOWER VISITING; MUTUALISM; NECTAR; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SEED PRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BORAGINACEAE; CAPPARACEAE; CITRUS FRUIT; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BORAGINACEAE; CAPPARACEAE; CITRUS; ECOSYSTEM; INSECTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLINATION; SEEDS;

PRODOXIDAE;

EID: 77951803263     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2278.1     Document Type: Article

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