Pollination and breeding system of a neotropical palm Astrocaryum vulgare in Guyana: A test of the predictability of syndromes

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 577-592

  Consiglio, Trisha K ^a,b   Bourne, Godfrey R ^b  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemophilous palm; Cantharophilous palm; Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Nitidulidae; Outcrossing index; Pollination syndrome; Xenogamous breeding system

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BREEDING; CROSS FERTILIZATION; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; FLOWERING; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; INFLORESCENCE; OUTCROSSING; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; WIND;

EVOLUTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

GUYANA;

EID: 0034927196     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467401001432     Document Type: Article

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