Nectaries and Nectar

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Nicolson, Susan W. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Nepi, Massimo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Pacini, Ettore (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.

Nectar is the most important reward offered by plants to pollinating animals. This book is a modern and interdisciplinary text on nectar and nectaries, prompted by the expansion of knowledge, especially in the more ecological and now molecular fields, and the strong recent interest in pollination bi...

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• A systematic survey of floral nectaries
• Nectary structure and ultrastructure
• Nectar production and presentation
• Nectar chemistry
• Molecular biology of the Nicotiana floral nectary
• Nectar consumers
• Ecological and evolutionary aspects of floral nectars in Mediterranean habitats.