Does pollen aerodynamics correlate with pollination vector? Pollen settling velocity as a test for wind versus insect pollination among cycads (Gymnospermae: Cycadaceae: Zamiaceae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-92

  Hall, John A ^a   Walter, Gimme H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Araucaria; Cyathea; Cycas micronesica; Cycas revoluta; Cycas seemannii; Cycas thouarsii; Lepidozamia; Pinus; Zamia; Zea

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AERODYNAMICS; AGGREGATE SIZE; BEETLE; DISPERSAL; GYMNOSPERM; LABORATORY METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SETTLING VELOCITY;

FIJI; GUAM; MADAGASCAR; MARIANA ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; ARAUCARIA; COLEOPTERA; CYATHEA; CYCADACEAE; CYCADOPHYTA; CYCADOPSIDA; CYCAS; CYCAS MICRONESICA; CYCAS REVOLUTA; CYCAS SEEMANNII; CYCAS THOUARSII; GYMNOSPERMAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOZAMIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ZAMIA; ZAMIACEAE; ZEA;

EID: 84860401962     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01695.x     Document Type: Article

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