Pollinators of Eucalyptus regnans (Myrtaceae), the world's tallest flowering plant species

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-25

  Griffin, A Rod ^a   Hingston, Andrew B ^a   Ohmart, Clifford P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Lodi Woodbridge Winegrape Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWER VISITING; FLY; NECTAR; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; POPULATION SIZE; TAXONOMY; WASP;

CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRTACEAE; SEPSIDAE; SPHECIDAE; SYRPHIDAE; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 63149104789     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT08168     Document Type: Article

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