Pollination biology in a tropical high-altitude grassland in Brazil: Interactions at the community level

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 465-516

  Freitas, Leandro ^a   Sazima, Marlies ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Bees; Biogeography; Floral biology; Generalization; Pollination ecology; Specialization; Syndrome; Wasps

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; ASTERACEAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; MELASTOMATACEAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; SPHINGIDAE; SYRPHIDAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 33751052808     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/0026-6493(2007)93[465:PBIATH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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