Floral neighbourhood effects on pollination success in red clover are scale-dependent

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 561-568

  Hegland, Stein J ^a,b  

^a Norwegian Red Deer Centre   (Norway)

^b University College of Sogn and Fjordane   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Crop; Fruit set; Landscape; Magnet species; Pollen limitation; Pollination; Reproduction; Trifolium pratense; Visitation rate

Indexed keywords

BEE; FACILITATION; FITNESS; FLOWER VISITING; FRUIT PRODUCTION; FRUIT SET; LEGUME; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATION; SCALE EFFECT;

TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 84900562805     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12223     Document Type: Article

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