Effects of defoliation on reproductive success in two orchids, Serapias vomeracea and Dactylorhiza sambucina

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-128

  Pellegrino, Giuseppe ^a   Musacchio, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fruit; Herbivory; Nectarless orchid; Pollinia

Indexed keywords

DACTYLORHIZA SAMBUCINA; ORCHIDACEAE; SERAPIAS VOMERACEA;

EID: 33646732513     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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