Africanized honey bees pollinate and preempt the pollen of Spondias mombin (Anacardiaceae) flowers

Apidologie

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 474-486

  Carneiro, Liedson Tavares ^a   Martins, Celso Feitosa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Nocturnal bees; Pollen depletion; Pollination; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DICOTYLEDON; GENERALIST; HONEYBEE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR;

ANACARDIACEAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA; SPONDIAS MOMBIN;

EID: 84867167868     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-011-0116-7     Document Type: Article

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