A test of the effect of floral color change on pollination effectiveness using artificial inflorescences visited by bumblebees

Oecologia

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-128

  Kudo, Gaku ^a   Ishii, Hiroshi S ^a,b   Hirabayashi, Yuimi ^a,c   Ida, Takashi Y ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Obihiro Centennial Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Display size; Foraging behavior; Geitonogamy; Pollination efficiency; Pollinator attraction

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NECTAR; POLLINATION; TESTING METHOD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; COLOR; FLOWER; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; COLOR; FLOWERS; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

APOIDEA;

EID: 35348896236     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0820-1     Document Type: Article

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