Two bee-pollinated plant species show higher seed production when grown in gardens compared to arable farmland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Cussans, John ^a   Goulson, David ^b   Sanderson, Roy ^c   Goffe, Louis ^c   Darvill, Ben ^b   Osborne, Juliet L ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARABLE LAND; ARTICLE; BEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER; GLECHOMA HEDERACEA; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; POLLINATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED PRODUCTION; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOTUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED;

APOIDEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; GLECHOMA HEDERACEA; HEXAPODA; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA FABA;

ANIMALS; BEES; ECOSYSTEM; LAMIACEAE; LOTUS; POLLINATION; SEEDS;

EID: 77955407566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011753     Document Type: Article

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