Effects of forest fragmentation and flowering phenology on the reproductive success and mating patterns of the tropical dry forest tree Pachira quinata

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 149-157

  Fuchs, Eric J ^a   Lobo, Jorge A ^a   Quesada, Mauricio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRY FOREST; FLOWERING; FRAGMENTATION; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TREE;

COSTA RICA;

PACHIRA;

EID: 0037324486     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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