Darwin's bee-trap: The kinetics of Catasetum, a new world orchid

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-23

  Nicholson, Charles C ^a   Bales, James W ^b   Palmer Fortune, Joyce E ^c   Nicholson, Robert G ^c  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catasetum; Darwin; High speed photography; Pollination

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; CATASETUM; HEXAPODA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 41349108743     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.3.1.4980     Document Type: Article

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