Pollination of Euphorbia dendroides by lizards and insects: Spatio-temporal variation in patterns of flower visitation

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 241-248

  Traveset, Anna ^a   Sáez, Encarna ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic Islands; Euphorbia dendroides; Insect pollination; Lizard pollination; Podarcis lilfordi

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; INSECT POLLINATION; LIZARD POLLINATION; POLLINATION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; CABRERA; SPAIN;

APOIDEA; CABRERA; DENDROIDES; DIPTERA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA DENDROIDES; EUPHORBIACEAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS LILFORDI; SQUAMATA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 1842403526     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008816     Document Type: Article

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