The most effective pollinator revisited: Pollen dynamics in a spring-flowering herb

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 315-322

  Zych, Marcin ^a   Goldstein, Jan ^a   Roguz, Katarzyna ^a   Stpiczyńska, Małgorzata ^a  

^a Botanic Garden of University of Warsaw   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Effectiveness; Fritillaria meleagris; Pollen deposition; Pollen removal; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOWER VISITING; FLOWERING; HERB; NECTAR; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; TAXONOMY;

ANTHOPHORA; APOIDEA; FRITILLARIA (ANGIOSPERM); FRITILLARIA MELEAGRIS; HEXAPODA; LILIACEAE;

EID: 84878110776     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-013-9246-3     Document Type: Article

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