Nectar production and pollination in Alstroemeria aurea: Responses to level and pattern of flowering shoot defoliation

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 312-322

  Aizen, Marcelo A ^a   Raffaele, Estela ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALSTROEMERIA AUREA; ALSTROEMERIACEAE;

DEFOLIATION; POLLINATION;

ARGENTINA, ANDES; SOUTH AMERICAN, ANDES;

EID: 0030304335     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546203     Document Type: Article

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