The good, the bad and the flexible: Plant interactions with pollinators and herbivores over space and time are moderated by plant compensatory responses

Annals of Botany

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 749-763

  Lay, C R ^a   Linhart, Y B ^a   Diggle, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; Compensation; Erysimum capitatum; evolutionary trade off; floral traits; flower production; geographic mosaic; herbivory; multi species interactions; natural selection; pollen limitation; pollination; resource limitation

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; FLORAL TRAIT; HERBIVORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SESSILE SPECIES; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOTYPE; ERYSIMUM; FLOWER; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; ECOTYPE; ERYSIMUM; FLOWERS; HERBIVORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLINATION; TIME FACTORS;

BRASSICACEAE; ERYSIMUM CAPITATUM;

EID: 80052668764     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr152     Document Type: Article

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