Seed set differs in relation to pollen and nectar foraging flower visitors in an insect-pollinated herb

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 274-283

  Franzén, Markus ^a   Larsson, Magnus ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERB; NECTAR; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED SET;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; DIPSACACEAE; HALICTIDAE; HEXAPODA; KNAUTIA ARVENSIS; MEGACHILIDAE; OEDEMERIDAE;

EID: 69049118429     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2009.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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