The pollination ecology of Gentiana cruciata (Gentianaceae) - Specifics of a Bulgarian population in comparison to Dutch populations

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 365-372

  Kozuharova, Ekaterina K ^a   Anchev, Mincho E ^b   Popov, Petar ^c  

^a Department of Social Pharmacy   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^c Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUITING; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; POLLINATION; SEED SET; ZOOPHILY;

BENELUX; BULGARIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VITOSHA MOUNTAIN; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS HORTORUM; CRUCIATA; GENTIANA; GENTIANA CRUCIATA; GENTIANACEAE; HEXAPODA; HORTORUM; INSECTA;

EID: 17644399511     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2003.tb00407.x     Document Type: Article

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