Pollination and Pollinators in the vegetation of the coastal plain of Paraguaná, Falcón state, Venezuela;Polinizacion y polinizadores en la vegetacion de la planicie costera de Paraguana, Estado falcon Venezuela

Acta Cientifica Venezolana

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-114

  Lemus Jiménez, Luis José ^a   Ramírez, Nelson ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Coastal vegetation; Insect; Life form; Pollination; Polyphily; Polytropic; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BEE; BUTTERFLY; COASTAL PLAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAUNA; FLOWERING; FLY; INSECT; LITTORAL; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION; RECORDING; SPECIES; VEGETATION; VENEZUELA; WASP; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; SEASON;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PAPILIONOIDEA; VESPIDAE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; INSECTS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; POLLEN; SEASONS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0742324093     PISSN: 00015504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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