Thrips pollination of the dioecious ant plant Macaranga hullettii (Euphorbiaceae) in southeast Asia

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 50-59

  Moog, Ute ^a   Fiala, Brigitte ^b   Federle, Walter ^c   Maschwitz, Ulrich ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Euphorbiaceae; Flowering phenology; Macaranga hullettii; Malaysia; Seed set; Thrips pollination; Thysanoptera

Indexed keywords

POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SEED SET; TREE;

ASIA;

ANIMALIA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MACARANGA; MACARANGA HULLETTII; NEOHEEGERIA; PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 0036191975     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.1.50     Document Type: Article

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