Floral nectar chemical composition of some species from Patagonia. II

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 779-790

  Bernardello, Gabriel ^a   Galetto, Leonardo ^a   Forcone, Alicia ^b  

^a Inst Multidisciplinario Biol V   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Angiospermae; Nectar chemical analyses; Nectar sugar composition; Patagonia; Sugar concentration

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 0033486383     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(99)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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