Correlations between environmental factors and wild bee behavior on alfalfa (medicago sativa) in Northwestern China

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1480-1484

  Wang, Xiaojuan ^a   Liu, Hongping ^a   Li, Xiaoxia ^a   Song, Yu ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Jin, Liang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Medicago sativa L.; Pollinator visitation; Wild bee

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; BEE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWER VISITING; MOVEMENT; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATOR; SEED PRODUCTION; WILD POPULATION;

CHINA;

ANTHOPHORA; APOIDEA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMIDITY; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POLLINATION; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77449103782     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0516     Document Type: Article

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