Investigating the relationship between pollination strategies and the size-advantage model in zoophilous plants using the reproductive biology of Arum cylindraceum and other European Arum species as case studies

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-44

  Revel, Natacha ^a   Alvarez, Nadir ^b   Gibernau, Marc ^c   Espíndola, Anahí ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Campus Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Araceae; Flower evolution; Plant insect interactions; Reproductive strategy; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOMETRY; ARTHROPOD; INVESTMENT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX ALLOCATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; ARACEAE; ARTHROPODA; ARUM; ARUM ITALICUM; ARUM MACULATUM; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84857450205     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-011-9164-1     Document Type: Article

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