Pollinator effectiveness on co-occurring milkweeds (Asclepias; Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae)

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 505-516

  Theiss, Kathryn ^a,b   Kephart, Susan ^c   Ivey, Christopher T ^d,e  

^a CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asclepias; Common garden; Foraging behavior; Milkweed; Pollinator effectiveness; Pollinator efficiency

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOCRITA; APOCYNACEAE; APOIDEA; ASCLEPIADOIDEAE; ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; ASCLEPIAS VERTICILLATA; BOMBUS GRISEOCOLLIS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPHECIDAE; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 34547652531     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/0026-6493(2007)94[505:PEOCMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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