Moonlight pollination in the gymnosperm Ephedra (Gnetales)

Biology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Rydin, Catarina ^a   Bolinder, Kristina ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anemophily; Entomophily; Lunar phases; Nocturnal insects

Indexed keywords

ANEMOPHILY; ENTOMOPHILY; FIELD SURVEY; FITNESS; GYMNOSPERM; INSECT; LUNAR PHASE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY;

DIPTERA; EPHEDRA; EPHEDRA DISTACHYA; EPHEDRA FOEMINEA; GNETALES; GYMNOSPERMAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

ANIMAL; CROATIA; DIPTERA; EPHEDRA; GREECE; LEPIDOPTERA; MOON; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WIND;

ANIMALS; CROATIA; DIPTERA; EPHEDRA; GREECE; LEPIDOPTERA; MOON; POLLINATION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WIND;

EID: 84929119509     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0993     Document Type: Article

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