Multiple meanings and modes: On the many ways to be a generalist flower

Taxon

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 717-728

  Ollerton, Jeff ^a   Killick, Ant ^a   Lamborn, Ellen ^b   Watts, Stella ^a   Whiston, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apocynaceae; Asclepias; Mutualism; Pollination biology; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; FLOWER; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION;

APOCYNACEAE; ASCLEPIAS; CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; DAUCUS CAROTA; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX;

EID: 34848901052     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25065856     Document Type: Conference Paper

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