Bird pollination of Canary Island endemic plants
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Bird pollination in an angraecoid orchid on Reunion Island (Mascarene Archipelago, Indian Ocean).
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Precedings
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1756-0357
DOI: 10.1038/npre.2008.1977.1