Pollinator effectiveness of native and non-native flower visitors to an apparently generalist Andean shrub, Duranta mandonii (Verbenaceae)

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-158

  Watts, Stella ^a,c   Ovalle, David Huamán ^b   Herrera, Marcela Moreno ^b   Ollerton, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Duranta mandonii; Flower visitation rate; Pollen removal; Pollinator effectiveness

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; DURANTA; LEPIDOPTERA; TROCHILIDAE; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 84860280190     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2011.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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