Does the likelihood of an Allee effect on plant fecundity depend on the type of pollinator?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 953-962

  Duffy, Karl J ^a   Patrick, Kirsten L ^a   Johnson, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera scutellata; Competition; Facilitation; Habitat fragmentation; Kniphofia linearifolia; Population size; Reproductive ecology; Sunbird

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; BIRD; CONSPECIFIC; FECUNDITY; FLORAL TRAIT; FRUIT SET; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SET;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; AVES; KNIPHOFIA; XANTHORRHOEACEAE;

EID: 84879606495     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12104     Document Type: Article

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