The importance of plant diversity in maintaining the pollinator bee, Eulaema nigrita (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in sweet passion fruit fields

The euglossine bee Eulaema nigrita plays an important role for the pollination of native and economically important plants, such as the sweet passion-fruit Passiflora alata. E. nigrita uniquely collects the nectar from the flowers of P. alata, nevertheless, it needs to visit other plants to collect...

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Main Authors: Cláudia Inês da Silva, Natali Gomes Bordon, Léo Correia da Rocha Filho, Carlos Alberto Garófalo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2012-12-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442012000400013&lng=en&tlng=en