Irregular flowering patterns in terrestrial orchids: Theories vs empirical data

Web Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 75-82

  Kindlmann, Pavel ^a,b   Balounová, Zuzana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; FLOWERING; HERBIVORY; PHENOLOGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

DACTYLORHIZA FUCHSII; EPIPACTIS; EPIPACTIS ALBENSIS; ORCHIDACEAE; DACTYLORHIZA;

EID: 0035790597     PISSN: 13991183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/we-2-75-2001     Document Type: Article

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