Extremely frequent bee visits increase pollen deposition but reduce drupelet set in raspberry

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1603-1612

  Sáez, Agustín ^a   Morales, Carolina L ^a   Ramos, Lorena Y ^a   Aizen, Marcelo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Bee frequency of visits; Bombus terrestris; Crop pollination; Drupelet set; Flower damage; Raspberry

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; RUBUS GLAUCUS;

EID: 84912073676     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12325     Document Type: Article

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