Nectaries and Nectar

Nectaries and Nectar edited by Susan W. Nicolson, Massimo Nepi, Ettore Pacini.

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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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Nicolson, Susan W. (Editor), Nepi, Massimo (Editor), Pacini, Ettore (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Plant science.
Botany.
Ecology .
Evolutionary biology.
Entomology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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