Pollination efficiency and effectiveness or bumble bees and hummingbirds visiting <i>Delphinium nelsonii</i>
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عنوان ژورنال: Collectanea Botanica
سال: 1990
ISSN: 1989-1067,0010-0730
DOI: 10.3989/collectbot.1990.v19.114