Pollen analysis of honey from the Baltic region, Estonia

Grana

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-61

  Puusepp, Liisa ^a   Koff, Tiiu ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Estonia; honey; melissopalynology; pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; FLORISTICS; HONEY; PALYNOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

BALTIC REGION; ESTONIA;

ALNUS; APIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; BRASSICACEAE; CALLUNA; FABACEAE; FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM; FRANGULA; FRANGULA ALNUS; POACEAE; ROSACEAE; SALIX; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 84897438895     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173134.2013.850532     Document Type: Article

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