Pollen removal and deposition by specialist and generalist bumblebees in Aconitum septentrionale

Oikos

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-84

  Thøstesen, Anna Marie ^a   Olesen, Jens M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM SEPTENTRIONALE; APIDAE; BOMBUS CONSOBRINUS; HYMENOPTERA; RANUNCULACEAE;

BUMBLEBEE; MUTUALISM; POLLINATION;

EID: 0030302135     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545587     Document Type: Article

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