The evolution of plant-insect mutualisms

New Phytologist

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 412-428

  Bronstein, Judith L ^a   Alarcón, Ruben ^a   Geber, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COEVOLUTION; MUTUALISM; NATURAL SELECTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; INSECTS; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33750006598     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01864.x     Document Type: Review

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