Floral visitor guilds of five allochronic flowering asteraceous species in a xeric community in central Mexico

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 297-309

  Figueroa Castro, Dulce María ^a   Cano Santana, Zenón ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Floral visitors; Similarity indexes; Temporal variation; Xeric community

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; GUILD STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; ZOOPHILY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; ASTERACEAE; COCCOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; DAHLIA; DAHLIA COCCINEA; DIPTERA; EUPATORIUM; EUPATORIUM PETIOLARE; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; SENECIO; SENECIO PRAECOX; TAGETES; TAGETES LUNULATA; VERBESINA; VERBESINA VIRGATA;

EID: 1942441033     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.2.297     Document Type: Article

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