Honeybees reduce fitness in the pioneer shrub Melastoma affine (Melastomataceae)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-178

  Gross, C L ^a   MacKay, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Honeybees; Management; Native bees; Pollination; Wet tropics of Australia

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FITNESS; FLOWERING PLANT; HONEYBEE; NATIVE SPECIES; POLLINATION;

AUSTRALIA;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA; MELASTOMA AFFINE;

EID: 0031717825     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00010-X     Document Type: Article

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