Reproductive biology and mating system estimates of two Andean melocacti, Melocactus schatzlii and M. andinus (Cactaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-38

  Nassar, Jafet M ^a   Ramírez, Nelson ^b   Lampo, Margarita ^a   González, José Antonio ^a   Casado, Roberto ^c   Nava, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Andes; Cactaceae; Hummingbird; Isozymes; Mating system; Melocactus andinus; Melocactus schatzlii; Reproductive biology

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CACTUS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

CACTACEAE; CEREEAE; MELOCACTUS; TROCHILIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CACTACEAE; COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; INBREEDING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CACTACEAE; COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; INBREEDING; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 34047232421     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl229     Document Type: Article

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