Pollination ecology of the high latitude, dioecious cloudberry ( Rubus chamaemorus ; Rosaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1096-1107

  Brown, Adam O ^a   McNeil, Jeremy N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cloudberry; Diptera; Functional groups; Hymenoptera; Pollinator effectiveness; Pollinator importance; Rosaceae; Rubus chamaemorus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HERB; INSECT; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SEED SET;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; DIPTERA; ERICACEAE; HALICTIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MUSCIDAE; ROSACEAE; RUBUS CHAMAEMORUS; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 67650109612     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800102     Document Type: Article

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