Yeasts in nectar of an early-blooming herb: Sought by bumble bees, detrimental to plant fecundity

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 273-279

  Herrera, Carlos M ^a   Pozo, María I ^a   Medrano, Mónica ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Bumble bee; Floral nectar; Helleborus foetidus; Metschnikowia reukaufii; Nectar yeasts; Pollination; Pollinator behavior; Seed production; Sierra de Cazorla; Southeastern Spain

Indexed keywords

BEE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECUNDITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INOCULATION; NECTAR; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATION; YEAST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FLOWER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NECTAR; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; VERATRUM; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BEES; FLOWERS; HELLEBORUS; PLANT NECTAR; REPRODUCTION; YEASTS;

BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS; HEXAPODA; METSCHNIKOWIA REUKAUFII; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 84874876629     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0595.1     Document Type: Article

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