Pollination of a core flowering shrub species in Mediterranean phrygana: Variation in pollinator diversity, abundance and effectiveness in response to fire

Oikos

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-80

  Potts, Simon G ^a   Dafni, Amots ^b   Ne'Eman, Gidi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FIRE; FLOWERING PLANT; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOPHILY;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SATUREJA; SATUREJA THYMBRA; THYMBRA;

EID: 0035137436     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.920109.x     Document Type: Article

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