Shade-coffee plantations as refuges for tropical wild orchids in Central Veracruz, Mexico

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 908-916

  Solis Montero, Lislie ^a,c   Flores Palacios, Alejandro ^b,d   Cruz Angón, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Pollinator limitation; Population structure; Reproductive biology; Vascular epiphytes; Vertical stratification

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; CONSERVATION; PLANTATION; POLLEN LIMITATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REFUGE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; JACQUINIELLA TERETIFOLIA; MAXILLARIA; MAXILLARIA DENSA; ORCHIDACEAE; SCAPHYGLOTTIS LIVIDA;

EID: 20044387676     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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