Generalised pollination systems for three invasive milkweeds in Australia

Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 566-572

  Ward, M ^a   Johnson, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asclepiadoideae; Floral rewards; Generalisation; Invasive plants; Pollination

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; GENERALIST; INVASIVE SPECIES; NECTAR; POLLINATION; SEED PRODUCTION; TAXONOMY; WASP;

ANIMAL; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIAS; AUSTRALIA; BUTTERFLY; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEPIDOPTERA; NECTAR; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; WASP;

ANIMALS; ASCLEPIADACEAE; ASCLEPIAS; BUTTERFLIES; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEPIDOPTERA; PLANT NECTAR; POLLINATION; QUEENSLAND; WASPS;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ASCLEPIADOIDEAE; ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA; GOMPHOCARPUS; GOMPHOCARPUS FRUTICOSUS; GOMPHOCARPUS PHYSOCARPUS; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 84876082555     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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