Food for pollinators: Quantifying the nectar and pollen resources of urban flower meadows

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Hicks, Damien M ^a   Ouvrard, Pierre ^a,b   Baldock, Katherine C R ^c   Baude, Mathilde ^c,d   Goddard, Mark A ^e,i   Kunin, William E ^e   Mitschunas, Nadine ^c,f   Memmott, Jane ^c   Morse, Helen ^c   Nikolitsi, Maria ^e   Osgathorpe, Lynne M ^c   Potts, Simon G ^f   Robertson, Kirsty M ^e   Scott, Anna V ^f   Sinclair, Frazer ^a,g   Westbury, Duncan B ^h   Stone, Graham N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^g RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTAUREA CYANUS; CENTAUREA NIGRA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDELION; ESCHSCHOLZIA; FLOWER MORPHOLOGY; LEONTODON HISPIDUS; MALVA MOSCHATA; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PAPAVER RHOEAS; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLEN; POLLINATOR; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WEED; ANIMAL; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; FOOD; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; SEASON;

NECTAR;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; FOOD; PLANT NECTAR; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SEASONS; SEEDS;

EID: 84976618027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158117     Document Type: Article

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