Pollen dynamics of bumble-bee visitation on Echium vulgare

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 554-563

  Rademaker, M C J ^a   De Jong, T J ^a   Klinkhamer, P G L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Fluorescent dyes geitonogamy; Pollen discounting; Pollen loss vs pollen deposition; Pollen removal vs pollen deposition; Pollination; Selfing

Indexed keywords

POLLEN DEPOSITION; POLLEN DYNAMICS; POLLINATION;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; ECHIUM; ECHIUM VULGARE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030730001     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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