Bumblebee pollination of understorey shrub species in a tropical montane forest in Costa Rica

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 657-672

  Wesselingh, Renate A ^a,b   Burgers, Heino C M ^a   Den Nijs, Hans C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bombus ephippiatus; Deppea grandiflora; Flower constancy; Foraging paths; Leandra subseriata; Melastomataceae; Palicourea brenesii; Rubiaceae; Stigmatic pollen loads; Visitation rates

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; MONTANE FOREST; POLLINATION; SHRUB;

COSTA RICA;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; BOMBUS EPHIPPIATUS; DEPPEA GRANDIFLORA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEANDRA; LEANDRA SUBSERIATA; MELASTOMATACEAE; PALICOUREA; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 0033735778     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400001632     Document Type: Article

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