Private channels in plant-pollinator mutualisms

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 893-895

  Soler, Catherine ^a   Proffit, Magali ^b   Chen, Chun ^c   Hossaert McKey, Martine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Agaonidae; Chemical mediation; Coevolved mutualism; Ficus; Floral filter; Private channel

Indexed keywords

AGAONIDAE; CERATOSOLEN; FICUS SEMICORDATA;

EID: 77956988840     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.5.7.12040     Document Type: Article

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