Potential of bigleaf lupine for building and sustaining Osmia lignaria populations for pollination of apple

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 589-599

  Sheffield, Cory S ^a,b,c   Westby, Sue M ^b   Smith, Robert F ^b   Kevan, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FLOWERING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUIT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LEGUME; NESTING; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; POLLINATOR; POPULATION GROWTH;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; FABACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; LUPINUS POLYPHYLLUS; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MEGACHILIDAE; OSMIA; OSMIA LIGNARIA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 57349155739     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/N08-011     Document Type: Article

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