Nectaries and nectar / edited by Susan W. Nicolson, Massimo Nepi, and 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 pollinat...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Ettore Pacini, Susan W. Nicolson
- A systematic survey of floral nectaries / Gabriel Bernardello
- Nectary structure and ultrastructure / Massimo Nepi
- Nectar production and presentation / Ettore Pacini, Massimo Nepi
- Nectar chemistry / Susan W. Nicolson, Robert W. Thornburg
- Molecular biology of the Nicotiana floral nectary / Robert W. Thornburg
- Nectar consumers / Susan W. Nicolson
- Ecological and evolutionary aspects of floral nectars in Mediterranean habitats / Theodora Petanidou.