Bees collecting pollen from flowers with poricidal anthers in a south Brazilian Araucaria forest: A community study

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 9-16

  Harter, Birgit ^a,b   Leistikow, Carla ^a,b   Wilms, Wolfgang ^a,b   Truylio, Betânia ^a   Engels, Wolf ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Araucaria forest; Brazil; Buzz pollination; Community structure; Evolution; Melastomataceae; Poricidal anthers; Solanaceae; Sonication

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; ARAUCARIA; BOMBUS (GENUS); HALICTIDAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELASTOMATACEAE; MELIPONA; MELIPONINAE; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 0036037320     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2002.11101063     Document Type: Article

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