TY  - JOUR
A1  - Williams, Geoff
T1  - Insects associated with flowering of Rhodomyrtus psidioides (Myrtaceae): Is this a Myrtle Rust (Austropuccinia psidii)-induced Plant-pollinator interaction Extinction Event?
T2  - Cunninghamia : a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia
N2  - The threatened Australian endemic rainforest tree Rhodomyrtus psidioides (Myrtaceae) is visited and pollinated by a taxonomically diverse assemblage of mainly small, ecologically unspecialised, insects. Flower structure suggests that it may also be adapted for wind-pollination. However, the recent (2010) invasion by the aggressive fungal pathogen Myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii) has resulted in the local extinction of both the floral resource and associated plant-insect relationships. Here I table observed insect visitors to the flowers of Rhodomyrtus psidioides made before the impact of Myrtle rust - no other records appear to have been published.
KW  - Rhodomyrtus psidioides
KW  - Myrtaceae
KW  - threatened plants
KW  - extinction
KW  - subtropical rainforest
KW  - Lorien Wildlife Refuge
KW  - anthophilous insects
KW  - wind-pollination
Y1  - 2018
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/51569
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-515697
SN  - 0727- 9620
SN  - 2200 - 405X
VL  - 18
SP  - 23
EP  - 27
ER  -