Bimodal pollination by wasps and beetles in the African milkweed Xysmalobium undulatum

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 568-574

  Shuttleworth, Adam ^a   Johnson, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apocynaceae; Breeding system; Pollination syndromes; South Africa; Specialized pollination

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HAIR; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; SPECIALIZATION; WASP;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

APOCYNACEAE; ASCLEPIAS; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPEPSIS; HEXAPODA; POMPILIDAE; XYSMALOBIUM UNDULATUM;

EID: 49749147180     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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