Patterns in floral nectar characteristics of some bird-visited plant species from Costa Rica

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• Publication year

  1993

• Venue

  Biotropica

• Publication date

  1993-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.2307/2389183
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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