Structure of a plant-pollinator network on a pahoehoe lava desert of the Galápagos Islands

Ecography

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 531-540

  Philipp, Marianne ^a,b   Böcher, Jens ^a   Siegismund, Hans R ^a   Nielsen, Lene R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; BEE; DESERT; DOMINANCE; FLOWER VISITING; GRASSHOPPER; PAHOEHOE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; SEED SET;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

APOIDEA; HALMENUS; INSECTA; PLUMBAGO SCANDENS; XYLOCOPA DARWINI; XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA;

EID: 33845574429     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2006.04546.x     Document Type: Article

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