Breeding system, pollination and demography in the rare granite endemic shrub Verticordia staminosa ssp. staminosa in south-west Western Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-200

  Yates, Colin J ^a   Ladd, Philip G ^b  

^a Bentley Delivery Centre   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Honey bee; Population dynamics; Rock crevice; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FLOWER VISITING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MICROHABITAT; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; AVES; MELIPHAGIDAE; MYRTACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VERTICORDIA STAMINOSA;

EID: 2342565760     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01336.x     Document Type: Article

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