Direct interactions between invasive plants and native pollinators: evidence, impacts and approaches

Functional Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 38-46

  Stout, Jane C ^a   Tiedeken, Erin Jo ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b South East Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

community; experimental design; flower visitors; nutrition; plant invasion; plant pollinator interaction network; pollination

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENTOMOPHILY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLOWER VISITING; INVASIVE SPECIES; MUTUALISM; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 84988847775     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12751     Document Type: Article

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