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Nicolson, S.W., Thornburg, R.W. (2007). Nectar chemistry. In: Nicolson, S.W., Nepi, M., Pacini, E. (eds) Nectaries and Nectar. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5937-7_5
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