Nectar production in three melliferous species of Lamiaceae in natural and experimental conditions

Acta Veterinaria

Volumn 54, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 475-487

  Macukanovic Jocic, Marina ^a   Duletić Laušević, Sonja ^b   Jocic G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Faculty of Biology   (Serbia)

^c Karadorde Experimental School   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Ajuga; Lamiaceae; Lamiastrum; Lamium; Nectar; Production

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

AIR; AIR TEMPERATURE; AJUGA REPTANS; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DYNAMICS; EVALUATION; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENT; FLOWER; FLOWERING; FOREST; HUMIDITY; LAMIASTRUM GALEOBDOLON; LAMIUM MACULATUM; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; SECRETION; SPECIES; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES HABITAT; TIME;

AJUGA; AJUGA REPTANS; COROLLA; LAMIACEAE; LAMIASTRUM; LAMIASTRUM GALEOBDOLON; LAMIUM; LAMIUM GALEOBDOLON; LAMIUM MACULATUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 13244270137     PISSN: 05678315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/avb0406475m     Document Type: Article

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