Plant-pollinator interactions within the urban environment

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-150

  Hennig, Ernest Ireneusz ^a   Ghazoul, Jaboury ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bombus pascuorum; Flower visitors; Landscape scale effects; Local community effects; Plant plant interactions; Trifolium pratense

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LEGUME; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 79955602340     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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