Shattering the folklore: Black flies do not pollinate sweet lowbush blueberry

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2051-2054

  Hunter, F F ^a   Burgin, G S ^a   Woodhouse, A ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA;

CHAMAEDAPHNE CALYCULATA; DIPTERA; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 0033665472     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z00-133     Document Type: Article

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3. Observations on the mating, feeding, ovarian development, and oviposition of adult black flies (Simuliidae, Diptera)
4. Energetics and pollination ecology
5. The intrinsic range and speed of flight of insects
6. New techniques for rearing black flies from pupae (Diptera: Simuliidae)
7. Insects as flower visitors and pollinators
8. Pollinators and pollination requirements of lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Alt., and V. myrtilloides Michx.) and cranberry (V. macrocarpon Ait.) in Ontario with notes on highbush blueberry (V. corymbosum L.) and lingonberry (V. vitis-ideae L.)
9. Bog ericad flowers: Self-compatibility and relative attractiveness to bees
10. Simulium feeding on ivy flowers
11. Determination of fructose and fructose-yielding carbohydrates with cold anthrone
12. Self-fertility in the lowbush blueberry