Biotic resource needs of specialist Orchid pollinators

Botanical Review

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-292

  Pemberton, Robert W ^a,b  

^a FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Life Histories; Orchids; Pollination; Resource Needs

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; APIDAE; APOIDEA; EQUIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYCETOPHILIDAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; TABANIDAE;

EID: 77952430065     PISSN: 00068101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12229-010-9047-7     Document Type: Article

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