The reproductive ecology of Medicago citrina (Font Quer) Greuter (Leguminosae): A bee-pollinated plant in Mediterranean islands where bees are absent

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 241, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 29-46

  Perez Banon C ^a   Juan, A ^a   Petanidou, T ^b   Marcos Garcia Ma A ^a   Crespo, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blowflies; Endemism; Hoverflies; Isolation; Mediterranean islands; Migratory pollinators; Nectar secretion; Reproductive ecology; Tripping

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; CALLIPHORA VICINA; CALLIPHORIDAE; ERISTALIS TENAX; FABACEAE; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO CITRINA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 0242424190     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-003-0004-3     Document Type: Article

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