When should fig fruit produce volatiles? Pattern in a ripening process

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 611-618

  Borges, Renee M ^a   Ranganathan, Yuvaraj ^a   Krishnan, Anusha ^a   Ghara, Mahua ^a   Pramanik, Gautam ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Diel differences; Diurnal rhythm; Fruit dispersal syndrome; Fruit volatiles; Nocturnal rhythm

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIEL VARIATION; FATTY ACID; FRUIT; MAMMAL; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; POLLINATION; RIPENING; SEED DISPERSAL; VISUAL CUE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

AVES; FICUS BENGHALENSIS; FICUS RACEMOSA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80955144438     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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