Hover flies are efficient pollinators of oilseed rape

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 819-823

  Jauker, Frank ^a   Wolters, Volkmar ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Canola; Generalists; Pollination; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEE; CANOLA; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENTOMOPHILY; FLY; GENERALIST; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DECLINE; SEED SET; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; TURNIP;

ANIMALS; BRASSICA RAPA; DIPTERA; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEEDS;

APOIDEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; EPISYRPHUS BALTEATUS; INVERTEBRATA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 46949094601     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1034-x     Document Type: Article

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