Relationships between floral characters, pollination mechanisms, life forms, and habitats in Araceae

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-42

  Chouteau, Mathieu ^a   Gibernau, Marc ^b   Barabé, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Bee; Beetle; Climatic conditions; Fly pollination; Life cycle; Pollen to ovule ratio; Pollination syndrome

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COEVOLUTION; FLORAL TRAIT; INSECT; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

APOIDEA; ARACEAE; COLEOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 38149074004     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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