Pollen loads collected from large insects in Australian subtropical rainforests

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 1998, Issue 120, 1998, Pages 49-67

  Williams, G A ^a,b   Adam, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Lorien Wildlife Refuge   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Diptera; Pollen; Pollination ecology; Rainforest fragmentation; Subtropical rainforests; Wasps

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346587002     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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