The 'night shift': Nocturnal pollen-transport networks in a boreal pine forest

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-35

  Devoto, Mariano ^a   Bailey, Sallie ^b   Memmott, Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b FORESTRY COMMISSION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Community; Lepidoptera; Plant visitor networks; Pollen transport

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GENERALIST; MOTH; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 78650941982     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01247.x     Document Type: Article

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