Twenty-five years of progress in understanding pollination mechanisms in palms (Arecaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1503-1516

  Barfod, Anders S ^a   Hagen, Melanie ^a   Borchsenius, Finn ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; cantharophily; co evolutionary relationships; mellitophily; myophily; Palm pollinator interactions

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ANATOMY; ANGIOSPERM; ANTAGONISM; COEVOLUTION; CRAB; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HORTICULTURE; INSECT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MAMMAL; OVIPOSITION; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SILVICULTURE; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ARECACEAE; CLASSIFICATION; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; FLOWERS; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

EID: 81855162815     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr192     Document Type: Review

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