Pollination ecology and its implication for conservation of an endangered perennial herb native to the East-Himalaya, Megacodon stylophorus (Gentianaceae)

Plant Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 356-362

  Meng, Li Hua ^a   Wang, Yun ^b   Luo, Jian ^c   Liu, Chun Yan ^a   Yang, Yong Ping ^b   Duan, Yuan Wen ^b  

^a YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University   (China)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Bumblebee pollination; In situ conservation; Megacodon stylophorus; The Hengduan Mountains

Indexed keywords

GENTIANACEAE; HEXAPODA; MEGACODON STYLOPHORUS;

EID: 84868380767     PISSN: 20323913     EISSN: 20323921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2012.684     Document Type: Article

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