What shapes amino acid and sugar composition in Mediterranean floral nectars?

Oikos

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 155-169

  Petanidou, Theodora ^a   Van Laere, André ^b   N Ellis, Willem ^c   Smets, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NECTAR; SUGAR;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANDRENIDAE; ANTHOPHORIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEGACHILIDAE; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 33749457683     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.14487.x     Document Type: Article

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