Gloss, colour and grip: Multifunctional epidermal cell shapes in bee- And bird-pollinated flowers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Papiorek, Sarah ^a   Junker, Robert R ^b   Lunau, Klaus ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHER; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEE; BIRD; CELL SHAPE; EPIDERMIS CELL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING; NECTAR; PETAL; POLLINATOR; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STIGMA; TOUCH; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT CELL; PLANT EPIDERMIS; POLLINATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BEES; BIRDS; CELL SHAPE; FLOWERS; PIGMENTATION; PLANT CELLS; PLANT EPIDERMIS; POLLINATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84926339549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112013     Document Type: Article

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