New findings on the pollination biology of Mauritia flexuosa (Arecaceae) in Roraima, Brazil: Linking dioecy, wind, and habitat

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 613-621

  Rosa, Roxaneh Khorsand ^a   Koptur, Suzanne ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Anemophily; Arecaceae; Dioecy; Habitat; Palm ecology; Pollination; Reproductive biology

Indexed keywords

ANEMOPHILY; BEETLE; DIOECY; ECOTONE; FRUIT SET; HABITAT TYPE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANTATION; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SAVANNA; WIND VELOCITY;

ANIMAL; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INFLORESCENCE; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; WIND;

ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; INFLORESCENCE; INSECTS; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; WIND;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; RORAIMA;

EID: 84874845756     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200531     Document Type: Article

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