Relationships between species' floral traits and pollinator visitation in a temperate grassland

Oecologia

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 586-594

  Hegland, Stein Joar ^a   Totland, Ørjan ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Floral density; Plant community; Plant plant interactions; Pollination syndromes; Visual display

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLOWER; INSECT; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; FLOWERS; INSECTS; NORWAY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 26444591088     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0165-6     Document Type: Article

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