Simulation of the effect of pollinator movement on alfalfa seed set

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 907-918

  Strickler, K ^a   Vinson, J W ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Foraging behavior; Medicago sativa; Megachile rotundata; Pollination ecology; Seed set

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; MOVEMENT; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SEED SET;

HYMENOPTERA; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 0033786349     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-29.5.907     Document Type: Article

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