Frequency-dependent selection by pollinators: Mechanisms and consequences with regard to behaviour of bumblebees Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera: apidae)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 571-588

  Smithson, A ^a   Macnair, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assortative mating; colour preferences; Frequency dependent selection; learning; pollination

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; COROLLA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

BUMBLEBEE; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT SELECTION; POLLINATOR;

EID: 0029661037     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1996.9050571.x     Document Type: Article

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