Spatial scale of insect-mediated pollen dispersal in oilseed rape in an open agricultural landscape

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 689-696

  Chifflet, Rémy ^a,b   Klein, Etienne K ^c   Lavigne, Claire ^d   Le Féon, Violette ^e   Ricroch, Agnès E ^e,f,g   Lecomte, Jane ^e,f,g   Vaissière, Bernard E ^a,b  

^a Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^c INRA   (France)

^d Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^g AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Apiformes; Bees; Brassica napus; Diptera; Insect diversity; Insect size; Pollen dispersal; Pollen flow; Seed set success; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWER VISITING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLEN; POLLINATOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PRODUCTION; VEGETABLE OIL;

APOIDEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MELIGETHES; MELIGETHES AENEUS; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 79955946028     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01904.x     Document Type: Article

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