The endangered Iris atropurpurea (Iridaceae) in Israel: Honey-bees, night-sheltering male bees and female solitary bees as pollinators

Annals of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 395-407

  Watts, Stella ^a,c   Sapir, Yuval ^b   Segal, Bosmat ^a   Dafni, Amots ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Endangered; eucerine bees; Iris atropurpurea; night sheltering; pollen deposition; pollen removal; pollen viability; pollination; pollinator effectiveness; solitary bees; stigma receptivity

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FEMALE; FLOWER VISITING; FRUIT SET; HONEYBEE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; RED LIST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FLOWER; IRIDACEAE; ISRAEL; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FLOWERS; IRIS PLANT; ISRAEL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEEDS;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84874497042     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs292     Document Type: Article

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