Ecology of pollination in a tropical Venezuelan savanna

Plant Ecology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-189

  Ramírez, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Community; Diversity; Equitability; Habitat; Life form; Pollination mode; Richness; Savanna; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; POLLINATION; SAVANNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 17044457965     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000029320.34895.7d     Document Type: Article

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