Flowering phenology, floral traits and pollinator composition in a herbaceous Mediterranean plant community

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 583-591

  Bosch, Jordi ^a   Retana, Javier ^b   Cerdá, Xim ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flower rewards; Flower traits; Flower visitors; Flowering periods; Plant community

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEETLE; FLOWERING; FLY; PHENOLOGY; WASP;

SPAIN;

APIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0030618124     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050120     Document Type: Article

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