A global test of the pollination syndrome hypothesis.

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Annals of Botany

• Publication date

  2009-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/aob/mcp031PMID 19218577PMCID PMC2701765
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