Nectar concentration and composition of 26 species from the temperate forest of South America

Annals of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 413-421

  Chalcoff, Vanina R ^a   Aizen, Marcelo A ^a   Galetto, Leonardo ^b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diurnal insects; Flower type; Hummingbirds; Nectar sugar composition; Nocturnal insects; Pollination; Sugar concentration; Temperate forest of southern South America

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; NECTAR; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FLOWER; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

CARBOHYDRATES; FLOWERS; REPRODUCTION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

SOUTH AMERICA;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 33344459680     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcj043     Document Type: Article

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