Changes in the relative abundance and movement of insect pollinators during the flowering cycle of Brassica rapa crops: Implications for gene flow

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mesa, Laura A ^a,b   Howlett, Bradley G ^b   Grant, Jan E ^b   Didham, Raphael K ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brassica; Flower phenology; Insect pollination; Pollinator dispersal; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. CHINENSIS; BRASSICACEAE; BRASSICALES; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BRASSICA RAPA; CROP; FLOWER; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; INSECT; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ARTICLE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRASSICA RAPA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FLOWERS; GENE FLOW; INSECTS; NEW ZEALAND; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84879229309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.013.1301     Document Type: Article

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