Nectar inhabiting yeasts in Virginian populations of Silene latifolia (Caryophyllaceae) and coflowering species

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 235-258

  Golonka, Annette M ^a   Vilgalys, Rytas ^b  

^a University of South Carolina Lancaster   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ANGIOSPERM; DISPERSAL; DROUGHT; DROUGHT STRESS; HOST SPECIFICITY; ISOLATION EFFECT; MICROORGANISM; NECTAR; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; YEAST;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; FUNGI; METSCHNIKOWIA (ASCOMYCETE); MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; OTUS; SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

EID: 84875450836     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-169.2.235     Document Type: Article

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