Are nectar sugar composition and corolla tube length related to the diversity of insects that visit Asteraceae flowers?

Plant Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 360-366

  Torres, C ^a   Galetto, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Compositae; Corolla depth; Floral visitors; Generalization; Nectar; Phylogenetic constraints; Pollination

Indexed keywords

FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; INSECT; NECTAR; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARGENTINA;

ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; COROLLA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036087507     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32326     Document Type: Article

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