Pollinator effectiveness and fruit set in common ivy, Hedera helix (Araliaceae)

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-28

  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 GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fruit set; Hedgerow; Pollination; Pollinator effectiveness; Vespula; Wasps

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT SET; HEDGEROW; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; WASP; WOODY PLANT;

ARALIACEAE; AVES; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; HEXAPODA; VESPULA;

EID: 77649239227     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-009-9080-9     Document Type: Article

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