Flies (Diptera) as pollinators of two dioecious plants: Behaviour and implications for plant mating

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-246

  Borkent, Christopher J ^a   Harder, Lawrence D ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DICOTYLEDON; DIOECY; FLOWER VISITING; FLY; HERB; HERMAPHRODITE; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

APOIDEA; BRACHYCERA; CLEMATIS; CLEMATIS LIGUSTICIFOLIA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ELAEAGNACEAE; EMPIDIDAE; HALICTIDAE; RANUNCULACEAE; SHEPHERDIA CANADENSIS; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 34548025849     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n05-087     Document Type: Article

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