Mecardonia tenella (Plantaginaceae) Attracts Oil-, Perfume-, and Pollen-Gathering Bees in Southern Brazil

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 721-729

  Cappellari, Simone Caroline ^a   Harter Marques, Birgit ^a,b   Aumeier, Pia ^a,c   Engels, Wolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO EXTREMO SUL CATARINENSE   (Brazil)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Araucaria forest; Euglossa mandibularis; Fatty acids; Functional groups; GC MS; Oil flowers; Orchid bees; Pollination syndromes

Indexed keywords

BEE; DICOTYLEDON; FATTY ACID; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERB; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

APOIDEA; ARAUCARIA; EUGLOSSA; EUGLOSSINI; MECARDONIA; PLANTAGINACEAE;

EID: 70449486856     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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