A framework for comparing pollinator performance: Effectiveness and efficiency

Biological Reviews

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 435-451

  Ne'Eman, Gidi ^a   Jürgens, Andreas ^b   Newstrom Lloyd, Linda ^c   Potts, Simon G ^d   Dafni, Amots ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

pollen deposition; pollen quality; pollination efficiency; pollinator effectiveness; pollinator performance; seed set; visit frequency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; INSECTS; PLANTS; POLLINATION;

EID: 77954616487     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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