Cryptic dioecy in Actinidia polygama: A test of the pollinator attraction hypothesis

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 214-218

  Kawagoe, Tetsuhiro ^a   Suzuki, Nobuhiko ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinidia polygama; Cryptic dioecy; Pollinator attraction; Pseudopollen; Unisexual flowers

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; INSECT CONTROL; SEED;

CRYPTIC DIOECY; POLLINATORS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ATTRACTANT; DIOECY; FLOWER VISITING; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

ACTINIDIA; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; ACTINIDIA POLYGAMA; ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 2342638347     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b03-150     Document Type: Article

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