Pollinator service only depends on nectar production rates in sparse populations

Oecologia

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 491-494

  Klinkhamer, Peter G L ^a   Van Der Lugt, Peter Paul ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boutlength; Bumblebees; Echium vulgare; Plant's dilemma; Population

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLOWER VISITING; NECTAR; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY;

APIDAE; ECHIUM VULGARE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 4344685473     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1569-4     Document Type: Article

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