Flowers, nectar and insect visits: Evaluating British plant species for pollinator-friendly gardens

Annals of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 369-383

  Comba, Livio ^a,b   Corbet, Sarah A ^a   Hunt, Lynn ^a   Warren, Ben ^a  

^a Zoology Department   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthidium manicatum; Apis; Bombus; Bumblebees; Butterflies; Dipsacus fullonum; Gardens; Honeybees; Hoverflies; Lepidopter a; Lychnis; Lythrum salicaria; Malva; Nectar; Pollinators; Saponaria; Silene; Stachys; Syrphidae; Weeds; Wild flowers

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; NECTAR; POLLINATOR;

ANTHIDIUM; ANTHIDIUM MANICATUM; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS HORTORUM; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; DIPSACUS FULLONUM; DIPTERA; HORTORUM; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCHNIS; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; MALVA; MALVA SYLVESTRIS; PAPILIONOIDEA; SAPONARIA; SILENE; STACHYS; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 0032957819     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0835     Document Type: Article

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