Effect of Weigela hortensis (Caprifoliaceae) floral morphology on pollinator behavior

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-86

  Inoue, Maki N ^a   Ushijima, Junko ^b   Yokoyama, Jun ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Floral morphology; Nectar robbing; Pollination biology; Weigela

Indexed keywords

BOMBUS HYPOCRITA; CAPRIFOLIACEAE; WEIGELA; WEIGELA HORTENSIS;

EID: 34347372620     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2007.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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