Temporal variation of pollination classes in a tropical Venezuelan plain: The importance of habitats and life forms

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 443-452

  Ramírez, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Community; Flowering phenology; Pollinating agent; Savanna; Seasonality; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; FORESTRY;

FLOWERING PHENOLOGY; POLLINATING AGENTS; SAVANNA; SEASONALITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABUNDANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HABITAT SELECTION; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FLOWERS; PLANTS; POLLINATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

APOIDEA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; CTENUCHINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33748910813     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B06-015     Document Type: Article

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