Pollinators of the Rocky Mountain columbine: Temporal variation, functional groups and associations with floral traits

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1567-1578

  Brunet, Johanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

altitude; Aquilegia coerulea; bumble bee; columbine; floral trait; flower colour; functional pollinator group; hawkmoth; pollinator abundance; spur length

Indexed keywords

AQUILEGIA; AQUILEGIA COERULEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); HYLES LINEATA; SPHINGIDAE;

ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AQUILEGIA; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GEOGRAPHY; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AQUILEGIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLORADO; FLOWERS; GEOGRAPHY; MOTHS; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TIME FACTORS; UTAH;

EID: 67650732890     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp096     Document Type: Article

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