Pollination of invasive Rhododendron ponticum (Ericaceae) in Ireland

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 198-206

  Stout, Jane Catherine ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Body size; Bombus; Exotic plant; Insect; Invasion; Pollen transfer; Pollination; Weeds

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEE; BODY SIZE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; POLLINATION; QUEEN; SEED SET; SIZE EFFECT;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS JONELLUS; BOMBUS LUCORUM; BOMBUS MONTICOLA; ERICACEAE; HEXAPODA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON PONTICUM; VESPULA;

EID: 34547412808     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006071     Document Type: Article

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