Alien Abduction: Disruption of Native Plant-Pollinator Interactions by Invasive Species1

• Published in: Biotropica Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 156 - 164
• Main Author: Ghazoul, Jaboury
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.06.2004
• Subjects: compensation; Dipterocarpaceae; disturbance; invasive species; pollination; reproductive success, seed set; SPECIAL SECTION: SEX IN SPACE-POLLINATION AMONG SPATIALLY ISOLATED PLANTS; tropical dry forest

The indirect impacts of Shorea siamensis-logging on the reproductive ecology of Dipterocarpus obtusifolius, a self- incompatible butterfly-, moth-, and bird-pollinated tree, were studied in tropical dry forest in Thailand. Pollinator activity at D. obtusifolius trees and subsequent seed production w...