Floral display size in comfrey, Symphytum officinale L. (Boraginaceae): Relationships with visitation by three bumblebee species and subsequent seed set

Oecologia

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 502-508

  Goulson, Dave ^a   Stout, Jane C ^a   Hawson, Sadie A ^a   Allen, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus spp.; Comfrey; Floral display; Foraging; Seed set

Indexed keywords

BOMBUS PASCUORUM; BOMBUS PRATORUM; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; SYMPHYTUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 0031929602     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050402     Document Type: Article

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