Bumble bees influence berry size in commercial Vaccinium spp. cultivation in British Columbia

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 348-363

  Ratti, Claudia M ^a   Higo, Heather A ^a   Griswold, Terry L ^b   Winston, Mark L ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISPERSION; HONEYBEE; POLLINATOR; SIZE EFFECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WILD POPULATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); ERICACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 47049109854     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n07-065     Document Type: Article

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