Pollination biology of fruit-bearing hedgerow plants and the role of flower-visiting insects in fruit-set

Annals of Botany

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1397-1404

  Jacobs, Jennifer H ^a   Clark, Suzanne J ^a   Denholm, Ian ^a   Goulson, Dave ^b   Stoate, Chris ^c   Osborne, Juliet L ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c Allerton Res and Educational Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blackthorn; Bramble; Crataegus monogyna; Frugivorous birds; Hawthorn; Hedera helix; Hedgerows; Insect pollination; Ivy; Prunus spinosa; Rosa canina; Rubus fruticosus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; CLIMBING PLANT; FLOWER VISITING; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; FRUIT SET; HEDGEROW; NECTAR; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SHRUB;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FLOWER; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; ROSACEAE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FLOWERS; FRUIT; INSECTS; POLLINATION; ROSACEAE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; HEXAPODA; PRUNUS SPINOSA; ROSA CANINA; ROSA DUMALIS; RUBUS; RUBUS FRUTICOSUS;

EID: 73149125155     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp236     Document Type: Article

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