Geographical variation in cone volatile composition among populations of the African cycad Encephalartos villosus

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 514-527

  Suinyuy, Terence N ^a,c,d   Donaldson, John S ^a,b,d   Johnson, Steven D ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eastern Cape; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Insect pollinators; KwaZulu Natal; Nitrogen containing compounds; Odour profile; Unsaturated hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GYMNOSPERM; INSECT; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; ODOR; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

EASTERN CAPE; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

CYCADOPHYTA; CYCADOPSIDA; ENCEPHALARTOS; ENCEPHALARTOS VILLOSUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84862304976     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01905.x     Document Type: Article

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