Analyzing variability in nectar amino acids: Composition is less variable than concentration

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2545-2558

  Gardener, Mark C ^a   Gillman, Michael P ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Composition; Correlation; Flowering plant; HPLC; Nectar; Variation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PLANT EXTRACT;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION;

ACCURACY; ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DERIVATIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS;

EID: 0035543785     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013687701120     Document Type: Article

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