An ancient pollinator of a contemporary plant (Cyclamen persicum): When pollination syndromes break down

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 370-373

  Schwartz Tzachor, Racheli ^a   Dafni, Amotz ^b   Potts, Simon G ^b   Eisikowitch, Dan ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Buzz pollination; Micropteris elegans; Pollinator specifity

Indexed keywords

PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

ANTHOPHORA; APOIDEA; CYCLAMEN; CYCLAMEN PERSICUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROPTERIGIDAE; PRIMULACEAE; SYRPHIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 33746347042     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2005.07.011     Document Type: Article

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