Host specificity and low reproductive success in the rare endemic Puerto Rican orchid Lepanthes caritensis

Biological Conservation

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 297-304

  Tremblay, Raymond L ^a,c   Zimmerman, Jess K ^a   Lebrón, Ligia ^a   Bayman, Paul ^a   Sastre, Inés ^b   Axelrod, Franklin ^a   Alers García, Janice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Conservation; Moss; Mycorrhizal fungi; Pollination; Xylaria

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING PLANT; HOST SPECIFICITY; RARE SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TREE;

PUERTO RICO;

LEPANTHES CARITENSIS; MICROPHOLIS GUYANENSIS;

EID: 0032171708     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00163-8     Document Type: Article

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