The effect of fire on flower visitation rate and fruit set in four core-species in east Mediterranean scrubland

Plant Ecology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-104

  Ne'eman, Gidi ^a   Dafni, Amots ^a   Potss, Simon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asphodelus ramosus; Bombus terrestris; Fire; Flower visitation; Fruit set; Honeybees; Phlomis viscosa; Pollination; Salvia fruticosa; Satureja thymbra; Solitary bees

Indexed keywords

FIRE; FLOWER VISITING; FRUIT SET; SCRUB;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CISTUS;

EID: 0034062438     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009815318590     Document Type: Article

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