The role of thermogenesis in the pollination biology of the Amazon waterlily Victoria amazonica

Annals of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1129-1135

  Seymour, Roger S ^a   Matthews, Philip G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beetle; Cyclocephala hardyi; Endothermy; Guyana; Nymphaeaceae; Pollination biology; Respiration; Thermogenesis; Victoria amazonica

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BEETLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENDOTHERMY; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; HEAT PRODUCTION; POLLINATION; PROTOGYNY;

ARTICLE; GUYANA; HEAT; NYMPHAEA; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; THERMOGENESIS; TIME;

GUYANA; HEAT; NYMPHAEA; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; THERMOGENESIS; TIME FACTORS;

GUYANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CETONIINAE; COLEOPTERA; CYCLOCEPHALA; NYMPHAEA AMAZONUM; NYMPHAEACEAE; VICTORIA AMAZONICA;

EID: 33845250469     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl201     Document Type: Article

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