Pollination by monkey beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Hopliini): Flower and colour preferences

African Entomology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-14

  Picker, M D ^a   Midgley, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

colour preferences; monkey beetles; pollination guilds; Western Cape Province

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029961432     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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