A phylogenetic reconsideration of the pollen starch-pollination correlation

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 627-643

  Roulston, T'ai H ^a,c   Buchmann, Stephen L ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Phylogeny; Pollen; Pollination; Pollination syndrome; Starch

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010576022     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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