Native pollen thieves reduce the reproductive success of a hermaphroditic plant, Aloe maculata

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1693-1703

  Hargreaves, Anna L ^a,b   Harder, Lawrence D ^a   Johnson, Steven D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aloe maculata; Antagonist; Apis mellifera scutellata; Cheating, honey bee; Pollen theft; Pollination efficiency; South africa; Sunhirds

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER VISITING; HERMAPHRODITE; HONEYBEE; MONOCOTYLEDON; NATIVE SPECIES; ORNITHOPHILY; PASSERINE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN LIMITATION; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED; SEED PRODUCTION;

ALOE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ALOE; ANIMALS; BEES; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ALOE; ALOE MACULATA; ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; AVES;

EID: 77953258589     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0792.1     Document Type: Article

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