Respiration, temperature regulation and energetics of thermogenic inflorescences of the dragon lily Dracunculus vulgaris (Araceae)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1432, 1999, Pages 1975-1983

  Seymour, Roger S ^a   Schultze Motel, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arum lily; Inflorescence; Oxygen consumption; Pollination; Temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ARACEAE; ARUM; DRACUNCULUS VULGARIS; HEXAPODA; LILIUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0033533819     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0875     Document Type: Article

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