When leaves act like flowers: How dwarf palms attract their pollinators

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-34

  Dufaÿ, Mathilde ^a   Hossaert McKey, Martine ^a   Anstett, Marie Charlotte ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Chemical communication; Choice behaviour; Curculionidae Derelomini; Leaf and flower scent; Pollination mutualism

Indexed keywords

LEAF; MUTUALISM; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR;

ANIMALIA; ARECACEAE; CHAMAEROPS HUMILIS; CURCULIONIDAE; DERELOMINI; DERELOMUS; INSECTA;

EID: 0037269687     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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