Interaction between oil-collecting bees and seven species of Plantaginaceae

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 208, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 401-411

  Martins, Aline C ^a   Aguiar, Antonio J C ^b   Alves dos Santos, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angelonia; Apidae; Mutualism; Neotropical; Oil collecting bees; Pollination

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOWER; FOOD; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; PLANT; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

ANGELONIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BASISTEMON; BASISTEMON SILVATICUS; CENTRIDINI; CENTRIS; HEXAPODA; MONTTEA; PLANTAGINACEAE; TETRAPEDIA;

EID: 84882713043     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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