Pollination of Myristica and other nutmegs in natural populations

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 595-607

  Sharma, Manju V ^a   Armstrong, Joseph E ^b  

^a Keystone Foundation Kotagiri   (India)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioecious; Foraging errors; Generalist; Male biased populations; Mistake pollination; Myristica; Nutmegs; Pollen reward; Pollination; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIALES; MYRISTICA; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS; MYRISTICACEAE; THRIPS (GENUS); THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 84887532991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291300600502     Document Type: Review

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