First records of pollinators of two co-occurring Mediterranean Apocynaceae

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 141-149

  Pisciotta, S ^a   Raspi, A ^b   Sajeva, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apteranthes; Asclepiapoideae; Caralluma; Diptera; Lampedusa island; Periploca; Periplocoideae

Indexed keywords

ANTHOMYIIDAE; APOCYNACEAE; APTERANTHES; ASCLEPIADOIDEAE; CALLIPHORIDAE; CARALLUMA; DIPTERA; MILICHIIDAE; MUSCIDAE; PERIPLOCA; PERIPLOCA LAEVIGATA; PERIPLOCOIDEAE; RHINOPHORIDAE; SARCOPHAGIDAE; SCATHOPHAGIDAE; TEPHRITIDAE; TRIXOSCELIDINAE;

EID: 79952505528     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2010.540779     Document Type: Article

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