Cockroach pollination and breeding system of Uvaria elmeri (Annonaceae) in a lowland mixed-dipterocarp forest in Sarawak

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 208-213

  Nagamitsu, Teruyoshi ^a,b   Inoue, Tamiji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annonaceae; Blattodea; breeding system; dipterocarp forest; Drosophilidae; pollinator; Sarawak; Uvaria elmeri

Indexed keywords

UVARIA ELMERI; ANNONACEAE; BLATTELLIDAE; DIPTERA; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; DROSOPHILIDAE;

BREEDING SYSTEM; COCKROACH; FLOWER VISITING; POLLINATION;

MALAYSIA, SARAWAK, LAMBIR HILLS NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0030616448     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446082     Document Type: Article

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