Introduced honeybees (Apis mellifera) reduce pollination success without affecting the floral resource taken by native pollinators

Biotropica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 371-376

  Do Carmo, Roselaini Mendes ^a   Franceschinelli, Edivani Villaron ^a   Da Silveira, Fernando Amaral ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Brazil; Campo rupestre; Clusia arrudae; Eufriesea nigrohirta; Male fitness; Seed set

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FLOWER VISITING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POLLINATION; SEED PRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CLUSIA ARRUDAE; EUFRIESEA; EUFRIESEA NIGROHIRTA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 4444345545     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00329.x     Document Type: Article

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