Female and male pollination success of Oncidium ascendens Lindey (Orchidaceae) in two contrasting habitat patches: Forest vs agricultural field

Biological Conservation

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 335-340

  Parra Tabla, Víctor ^a   Vargas, Carlos F ^b   Magaña Rueda, Sergio ^a   Navarro, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Disturbance and pollination; Human disturbance; Mexico; Orchidaceae; Pollination success; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; DRY FOREST; FRUIT PRODUCTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ONCIDIUM ASCENDENS; TRIGONA NIGRA;

EID: 0034085287     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00187-1     Document Type: Article

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