Patterns of insect flower visitation in lavandula buchii webb (lamiaceae), an endemic shrub of tenerife (canary islands)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2145-2155

  García, Juan Domingo Delgado ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amegilla; Anastoechus; Canary Islands; Diptera; Flowers; Foraging Ecology; Hymenoptera; Lavandula Buchii; Visitation Rates

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

CANARY ISLANDS; TENERIFE;

LAVANDULA BUCHII;

EID: 0033757769     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002229300750022376     Document Type: Article

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