Relationships among floral VOC emissions, floral rewards and visits of pollinators in five plant species of a Mediterranean shrubland

Plant Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 90-99

  Farré Armengol, Gerard ^a,b   Filella, Iolanda ^a,b   Llusia, Joan ^a,b   Peñuelas, Josep ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological market; Biscutella laevigata; Euphorbia flavicoma; Floral phenology; Floral scent; Muscari neglectum; Phlomis lychnitis; Plant pollinator interaction; Rosmarinus officinalis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924598721     PISSN: 20323913     EISSN: 20323921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2015.963     Document Type: Article

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