Effects of fragmentation on pollinator abundance and fruit set of an abundant understory palm in a Mexican tropical forest

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 375-384

  Aguirre, Armando ^a   Dirzo, Rodolfo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocaryum; Coleoptera; Fragmentation; Los Tuxtlas; Palms; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENTOMOPHILY; EVERGREEN TREE; FRUIT SET; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ARTHROPODA; ASTROCARYUM; ASTROCARYUM MEXICANUM; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 39649120349     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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