Nectar and pollen sources for honeybee (Apis cerana cerana Fabr.) in Qinglan Mangrove Area, Hainan Island, China

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1266-1273

  Yao, Yi Feng ^a,c   Bera, Subir ^b   Wang, Yu Fei ^a   Li, Cheng Sen ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d BEIJING MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (China)

Author keywords

Hainan Island; Honeybee; Mangrove; Nectar and pollen sources

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; MANGROVE; NECTAR; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN;

ANACARDIACEAE; APIS CERANA CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARACEAE; ARECACEAE; BRUGUIERA; CERIOPS TAGAL; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; EXCOECARIA AGALLOCHA; FABACEAE; KANDELIA CANDEL; LUMNITZERA; LYTHRACEAE; MIMOSA; MIMOSA PUDICA; NYPA FRUTICANS; POACEAE; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; RUBIACEAE; SONNERATIA;

EID: 33845528175     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2006.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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