Interactions between floral resources and bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in commercial alfalfa seed fields

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 178-187

  Strickler, Karen ^a   Freitas, Sidia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alfalfa seed; Flowering phenology; Medicago sativa; Megachile rotundata; Nectar; Pollination ecology

Indexed keywords

BEE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; FABACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 0032962658     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.2.178     Document Type: Article

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