Plant reproductive phenology and floral resources of an Australian subtropical rainforest

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 463-479

  Boulter, Sarah L ^a   McDonald, William J F ^b   Kitching, Roger L ^a   Zalucki, Jacinta M ^a   Jessup, Laurence W ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Flower morphology; Phenology; Pollination; Subtropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; FLORA; FLOWER; FLOWERING; GENERALIST; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; RAINFOREST; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VINE;

AUSTRALIA; LAMINGTON NATIONAL PARK; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84859946904     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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