The impact of flower-dwelling predators on host plant reproductive success

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 411-421

  Higginson, Andrew D ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^a   Skelhorn, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambush predators; Antagonists; Granivory; Pollination; Top down effects

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FLOWER VISITING; GENERALIST; GRANIVORY; HOST PLANT; INSECT; MUTUALISM; NATURAL SELECTION; POLLINATOR; PREDATOR; PREY CAPTURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 77956648300     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1681-6     Document Type: Article

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