Pollen limitation of fruit set in Western Australian terrestrial orchids

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 165-168

  Elliott, C P ^a   Ladd, P G ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fruit limitation; Necter reward; Orchid; Pollination; Terrestrial; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; FRUIT SET; NECTAR; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

AUSTRALIA;

CALADENIA; CALADENIA FLAVA; DIURIS; LYPERANTHUS; LYPERANTHUS SERRATUS; ORCHIDACEAE; PRASOPHYLLUM; PTEROSTYLIS; PTEROSTYLIS RECURVA;

EID: 0041811849     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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