Aspidistras, amphipods and Oz: Niche opportunism between strangers in a strange land

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-48

  Conran, John G ^a   Bradbury, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Aspidistra; Collembola; Subterranean pollination

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; ARCITALITRUS; ASPIDISTRA; COLLEMBOLA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847723060     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2007.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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