Insect visitation to wildflowers in the endangered Garry Oak, Quercus garryana, ecosystem of British Columbia

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 245-253

  Parachnowitsch, A L ^a   Elle, E ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Camassia quamash; Common Camas; Garry Oak ecosystem; Quercus garryana plant pollinator interactions

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOWER VISITING; INSECT; POLLINATOR; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; DUNCAN; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CAMASSIA; CAMASSIA QUAMASH; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; OSMIA; QUERCUS GARRYANA;

EID: 33746126593     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v119i2.113     Document Type: Article

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