Lifetime monetary value of individual pollinators: The bee habropoda l4boriosa at rabbiteye blueberry (vaccinium ashei reade)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 446, Issue , 1997, Pages 67-70

  Cane, J H ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Pollination; Southeastern blueberry bee

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HABROPODA; HABROPODA LABORIOSA; HYMENOPTERA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 0038431393     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.446.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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