Going native? Flower use by bumblebees in English urban gardens

Annals of Botany

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 799-806

  Hanley, Mick E ^a   Awbi, Amanda J ^a   Franco, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeographical range; Bombus; bumblebee; exotic plants; foraging; horticulture; niche differentiation; pollinators; urban conservation; wildlife gardening

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLOWER VISITING; GARDEN; HORTICULTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURE CONSERVATION; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING; PALEARCTIC REGION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATOR; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RANGE SIZE; SPECIALIST; SYMPATRY; URBAN AREA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; APPETITE; BEE; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; FLOWER; GENETICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEES; CITIES; ENGLAND; FLOWERS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84896970136     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu006     Document Type: Article

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