Nectar sugar composition and concentration in relation to pollination syndromes in Bromeliaceae

Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 502-511

  Kromer T ^a,c   Kessler, M ^a   Lohaus, G ^a   Schmidt Lebuhn, A N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bats; Bromeliaceae; Butterflies; HPLC; Hummingbirds; Moths; Nectar sugar composition; Pollination syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; SUCROSE;

ANGIOSPERM; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; ENTOMOPHILY; MOTH; NECTAR; ORNITHOPHILY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLINATION; SUGAR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BROMELIACEAE; FLOWER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; BROMELIACEAE; CARBOHYDRATES; CHIROPTERA; FLOWERS; POLLINATION; SUCROSE;

BROMELIACEAE; GUZMANIA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PITCAIRNIA; TILLANDSIA; TROCHILIDAE; VRIESEA;

EID: 45149128587     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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