Interspecific competition in pollination systems: Costs to male fitness via pollen misplacement

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 476-482

  Muchhala, Nathan ^a   Thomson, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anoura; Aphelandra acanthus; Competition for pollination; Conspecific pollen loss; Interspecific pollen transfer; Mechanism; Pollen placement; Pollen wastage; Pollinator sharing

Indexed keywords

BAT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FITNESS; FLOWER VISITING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ACANTHUS; ANIMALIA; ANOURA; APHELANDRA; BURMEISTERA; CENTROPOGON (ANGIOSPERM); MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84859105808     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01950.x     Document Type: Article

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