Pollinator diversity and specialization in relation to flower diversity

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1581-1590

  Fründ, Jochen ^a,b   Linsenmair, Karl Eduard ^a,b   Blüthgen, Nico ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIODIVERSITY; DIVERSITY INDEX; FLOWER VISITING; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

GERMANY;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77956644885     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18450.x     Document Type: Article

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