Two’s company, three’s a crowd: co-occurring pollinators and parasite species in Breynia oblongifolia (Phyllanthaceae)

Two’s company, three’s a crowd: co-occurring pollinators and parasite species in Breynia oblongifolia (Phyllanthaceae)

Abstract Background Obligate pollination mutualisms (OPMs) are specialized interactions in which female pollinators transport pollen between the male and female flowers of a single plant species and then lay eggs into those same flowers. The pollinator offspring hatch and feed upon some or all of th...

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Main Authors: J. T. D. Finch, S. A. Power, J. A. Welbergen, J. M. Cook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
OPM
Pollination
Mutualism
Epicephala
Breynia
Herpystis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1314-y

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