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Blooming and ecology of pollination of Gentiana scabra bunge (Gentianaceae Dumort.) in the south of Primorsky krai of Russia

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The paper studies the phenology and blooming of Gentiana scabra Bunge. Thirteen species of possible agents of pollen transfer and basic insects-pollinators are revealed.

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Original Russian Text © Sun Yan, N.A. Tsarenko, S.V. Nesterova, 2010, published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2010, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 947–953.

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Yan, S., Tsarenko, N.A. & Nesterova, S.V. Blooming and ecology of pollination of Gentiana scabra bunge (Gentianaceae Dumort.) in the south of Primorsky krai of Russia. Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 3, 693–697 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425510060135

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