Thermogenesis and respiration of inflorescences of the dead horse arum Helicodiceros muscivorus, a pseudothermoregulatory aroid associated with fly pollination

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 886-894

  Seymour, R S ^a   Gibernau, M ^b   Ito, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Araceae; Flower; Heat production; Pollination; Protogyny

Indexed keywords

FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; HEAT PRODUCTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION; ZOOPHILY;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; ARACEAE; ARUM; EQUUS CABALLUS; HELICODICEROS MUSCIVORUS; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0348227712     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2003.00802.x     Document Type: Article

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