The fruit-wasp route to toxic nectar in Epipactis orchids ?

Flora

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-229

  Ehlers, Bodil K ^a   Olesen, Jens M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epipactis; Ethanol; Micro organisms; Pollination; Toxic nectar; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

FRUIT WASP; NECTAR; POLLINATION; TOXIC NECTAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CLADOSPORIUM; DOLICHOVESPULA SYLVESTRIS; EPIPACTIS; EPIPACTIS HELLEBORINE; EPIPACTIS PURPURATA; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; ORCHIDACEAE; PARAVESPULA; PARAVESPULA VULGARIS; VESPIDAE; VESPULA VULGARIS;

EID: 0030864079     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30787-9     Document Type: Article

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