Large-scale pollination experiment demonstrates the importance of insect pollination in winter oilseed rape

Oecologia

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 759-769

  Lindström, Sandra A M ^a,b,c   Herbertsson, Lina ^c   Rundlöf, Maj ^c   Smith, Henrik G ^c   Bommarco, Riccardo ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Rural Economy and Agricultural Society   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Crop pollination; Crop yield; Cultivar; Honey bees

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; ENTOMOPHILY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWER VISITING; HARVESTING; HERB; HONEYBEE; HYBRID; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION; WINTER;

SCANDINAVIA;

APIS MELLIFERA; BRASSICA NAPUS; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; BEE; BIOMASS; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; RAPESEED; SCANDINAVIA; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIOMASS; BRASSICA NAPUS; FLOWERS; INSECTS; POLLINATION; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84959515271     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3517-x     Document Type: Article

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