Micro-organisms behind the pollination scenes: Microbial imprint on floral nectar sugar variation in a tropical plant community

Annals of Botany

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1173-1183

  Canto, A ^a   Herrera, C M ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Floral nectar; flower yeasts; nectar composition; nectar sugars

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; SUCROSE;

COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROORGANISM; NECTAR; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATION; SUGAR; TROPICAL REGION; YEAST; ZOOPHILY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIAL COUNT; BASIDIOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; NECTAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POLLINATION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CARBOHYDRATES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FLOWERS; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; INSECTS; MEXICO; PLANT NECTAR; PLANTS; POLLINATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUCROSE; YEASTS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84868029254     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs183     Document Type: Article

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