Plant-pollinator interactions in new caledonia influenced by introduced honey bees

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1814-1827

  Kato, Makoto ^a   Kawakita, Atsushi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bird pollination; Honey bee invasion; New Caledonia; Plant pollinator interactions; Pollination

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HONEYBEE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MUTUALISM; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; HEDYCARYA; LEPIDOPTERA; MELIPHAGIDAE; MICROPTERIGIDAE; STAPHYLINIDAE; ZYGOGYNUM;

EID: 19544369926     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.11.1814     Document Type: Article

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