Early flowers of Bartsia alpina (Scrophulariaceae) and the visitation by bumblebees

Acta Botanica Neerlandica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 355-366

  Kwak, Manja M ^b   Bergman, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bartsia alpina; bumblebees; nectar; phenology; pollen load; seed set

Indexed keywords

BARTSIA ALPINA; ANDROMEDA POLIFOLIA; APIDAE; ASTRAGALUS; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; ERICACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; PEDICULARIS; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

BUMBLEBEE; POLLINATION ECOLOGY; SEED SET;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0030303636     PISSN: 00445983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1996.tb00522.x     Document Type: Article

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