Importance of big pollinators for the reproduction of two Hypericum species in Cameroon, West Africa

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 607-613

  Janeček, Štěpán ^a   Hrázský, Záboj ^b,c   Bartoš, Michael ^c   Brom, Jakub ^c   Reif, Jiří ^d   Hořák, David ^d   Bystřická, Dagmar ^c   Riegert, Jan ^c   Sedláček, Ondřej ^d   Pešata, Michal ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Carpenter bee; Floral traits; Hypericum revolutum; Hypericum roeparianum; Sunbirds

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NECTAR; PASSERINE; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PRODUCTION;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; HYPERICUM; XYLOCOPA (GENUS); XYLOCOPA SP.; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 35548987073     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00779.x     Document Type: Article

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