The Importance of Pollinator Generalization and Abundance for the Reproductive Success of a Generalist Plant

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Maldonado, María Belén ^a,b   Lomáscolo, Silvia Beatriz ^a,b   Vázquez, Diego Pedro ^a,b  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIPTERA; FERTILIZATION; FLOWER; GERMINATION; HYMENOPTERA; NONHUMAN; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA SULPHUREA; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT REPRODUCTION; POLLEN TUBE; POLLEN TUBE GROWTH; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; HYMENOPTERA; OPUNTIA; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84885082352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075482     Document Type: Article

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