Impacts of alien bees on native plant-pollinator relationships: A review with special emphasis on plant reproduction

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-47

  Dohzono, Ikumi ^a   Yokoyama, Jun ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apis; Bombus; Pollen limitation; Seed production; Visitation frequency

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; AVES;

EID: 77953898710     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2010.37     Document Type: Article

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