Predicting reproductive success of insect- versus bird-pollinated scattered trees in agricultural landscapes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 888-898

  Ottewell, Kym M ^a   Donnellan, Steve C ^a,b   Lowe, Andrew J ^a   Paton, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Honeybees; Isolated trees; Outcrossing rate; Seed production; Somatic mutation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSPECIFIC; EVERGREEN TREE; HONEYBEE; MUTATION; POLLINATION; PREDICTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PRODUCTION;

APIS MELLIFERA; AVES; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS LEUCOXYLON; HEXAPODA;

EID: 59649129559     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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