Variation in native pollinators in the absence of honeybees: Implications for reproductive success of an Australian generalist-pollinated herb Trachymene incisa (Apiaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 479-490

  Davila, Yvonne C ^a,b   Wardle, Glenda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apiales; Insect pollination; Pollinator assemblage; Seed production; Seedling emergence; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

HERB; HONEYBEE; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

APIACEAE; APIALES; APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; TRACHYMENE INCISA;

EID: 39749167338     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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