Can floral traits predict an invasive plant's impact on native plant-pollinator communities?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1216-1223

  Gibson, Michelle R ^a   Richardson, David M ^a   Pauw, Anton ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acacia saligna; Biological invasions; Flower morphology; Fynbos; Generalist; Honeybee; Invasion ecology; Plant insect interactions; Plant plant interactions; Pollination syndromes

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FLOWER VISITING; GENERALIST; HONEYBEE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84865291371     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.02004.x     Document Type: Article

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