Generalist flowers, biodiversity and florivory: Implications for angiosperm origins

Taxon

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 681-685

  Frame, Dawn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Arthropod; Edibility; Evolution; Generalist flower; Herbivory; Insect; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; HERBIVORY; INSECT;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0345581253     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3647343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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