The relative importance of positive and negative interactions for pollinator attraction in a plant community

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 929-936

  Hegland, Stein Joar ^a   Grytnes, John Arvid ^a,b   Totland, Ørjan ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Facilitation; Floral market; Joint attraction; Magnet species; Multi species; Pollination interactions

Indexed keywords

BEE; COEXISTENCE; CONSPECIFIC; FLOWER VISITING; GRASSLAND; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

BOMBUS (GENUS);

EID: 77951093322     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-008-0572-3     Document Type: Article

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