Pollination effectiveness of three bumblebee species on flowers of Hosta sieboldiana (Liliaceae) and its relation to floral structure and pollinator sizes

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 139-146

  Suzuki, Kazuo ^a   Dohzono, Ikumi ^b   Hiei, Kayako ^c   Fukuda, Yoko ^c  

^a YAMAGUCHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Floral morphology; Hosta sieboldiana; Liliaceae; Pollination biology; Pollination effectiveness; Size match

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOMBUS CONSOBRINUS; BOMBUS DIVERSUS; BOMBUS HONSHUENSIS; HOSTA; HOSTA SIEBOLDIANA; LILIACEAE;

EID: 0036971563     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-1984.2002.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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