How do plants balance multiple mutualists? Correlations among traits for attracting protective bodyguards and pollinators in cotton (Gossypium)

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-77

  Chamberlain, Scott A ^a   Rudgers, Jennifer A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant; Evolutionary constraint; Extrafloral nectar; Floral nectar; Mutualism; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ANT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; COTTON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GUILD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MUTUALISM; NECTAR; NECTARY; PHYLOGENETICS; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 83555174497     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-011-9497-3     Document Type: Article

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