Effects of floral display and plant abundance on fruit production of Ryncholaelia glauca (Orchidaceae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-78

  Flores Palacios, Alejandro ^a   García Franco, José G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Abundance; Floral display; Fruit set; Orchid; Reproduction; Ryncholaelia glauca; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLOWER; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEXICO; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY;

FLOWERS; FRUIT; MEXICO; ORCHIDACEAE; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY;

LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 1642418383     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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