Effectiveness and importance of pollinators to the star cactus (Astrophytum asterias)

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-430

  Blair, Andrew W ^a   Williamson, Paula S ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTERIAS; ASTROPHYTUM ASTERIAS; DIADASIA RINCONIS; HEXAPODA; LOBATA; MACROTERA;

EID: 57649201889     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/JB-04.1     Document Type: Article

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