Beyond the pollination syndrome: Nectar ecology and the role of diurnal and nocturnal pollinators in the reproductive success of Inga sessilis (Fabaceae)

Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 317-327

  Amorim, F W ^a   Galetto, L ^b   Sazima, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atlantic rain forest; Bat pollination; Hawkmoth pollination; Hummingbird pollination; Legume; Mimosoideae; Pollination biology

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ADAPTATION; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FLOWER; NECTAR; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SECRETION; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FABACEAE; FLOWER; HERBIVORY; MOTH; NECTAR; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHIROPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; FABACEAE; FLOWERS; HERBIVORY; MOTHS; PLANT NECTAR; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SUCROSE;

FABACEAE; INGA; MIMOSOIDEAE; SPHINGIDAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 84873466025     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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