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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Main Authors: Fenner, M. (Author), Cresswell, J.E (Author), Hurley, R.A (Author), Baldwin, T. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2001-08-04.
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