Flowering morphology, phenology and flower visitors of the Australian rainforest tree Ryparosa kurrangii (Achariaceae)

Australian Entomologist

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-17

  Webber, Bruce L ^a   Curtis, Alan S O ^b   Cassis, Gerasimos ^c   Woodrow, Ian E ^d  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b Daintree Discovery Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHARIACEAE; ANIMALIA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GALERUCINAE; HETEROPTERA; MIRIDAE; MIRINAE; MONOLEPTA; RYPAROSA;

EID: 41649099267     PISSN: 13206133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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