Intraplant variation in nectar traits in Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae) as related to floral phase, environmental conditions and pollinator exposure

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 206, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 668-675

  Canto, Azucena ^a   Herrera, Carlos M ^b   García, Isabel M ^b   Pérez, Ricardo ^c   Vaz, Mónica ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c CSIC JA USE Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas Isla de la Cartuja CICIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Andalusia; Cazorla; Fructose; Glucose; Growth conditions; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWING SEASON; HERB; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NECTAR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RANUNCULACEAE; VERATRUM;

EID: 79957448955     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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