Diversity and abundance of insect visitors to flowers of trees and shrubs in a South African savannah

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 691-698

  Mawdsley, Jonathan R ^a   Sithole, Hendrik ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Landscape ecology; Pollination; Savannah; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DICOTYLEDON; DRY SEASON; ENTOMOPHILY; FLOWER VISITING; FOOD WEB; GENERALIST; INSECT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LINE TRANSECT; MONSOON; SAVANNA; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77955776535     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01166.x     Document Type: Article

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