Male moths provide pollination benefits in the Silene latifolia-Hadena bicruris nursery pollination system

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 534-544

  Labouche, Anne Marie ^a,b   Bernasconi, Giorgina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Evolutionary conflict; Fruit set; Mutualism; Plant pollinator interactions; Seed predation; Seed set; White campion

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; DIOECY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT SET; MOTH; MUTUALISM; OVIPOSITION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SET;

HADENA BICRURIS; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA; SILENE LATIFOLIA SUBSP. ALBA;

EID: 77955154421     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01658.x     Document Type: Article

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