Relationship between capitulum size and pre-dispersal seed predation by insect larvae in common Asteraceae
The evolution of a showy floral display as an advertisement to pollinators could simultaneously advertise the availability of resources to pre-dispersal seed-predators. The hypotheses tested here are that the incidence of seed predation by bud-infesting insect larvae in capitula of Asteraceae is pos...
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Language: | English |
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2001-08-04.
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