Nectar alkaloids decrease pollination and female reproduction in a native plant

Oecologia

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1033-1041

  Adler, Lynn S ^a   Irwin, Rebecca E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Floral evolution; Gelsemine; Nectar robbing; Pollination; Toxic nectar

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; GELSEMINE;

ALKALOID; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FLOWER VISITING; FRUIT SET; MUTUALISM; NATIVE SPECIES; NECTAR; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; POLLINATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY; VINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EVOLUTION; GELSEMIUM; INSECT; NECTAR; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ALKALOIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GELSEMIUM; GEORGIA; INSECTS; PLANT NECTAR; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS;

GELSEMIUM; GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 84858005772     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2153-3     Document Type: Article

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