Trapline foraging by bumblebees: I. Persistence of flight-path geometry

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 158-164

  Thomson, James D ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bee; Bombus; Foraging; Foraging area; Movement rules; Orientation; Penstemon strictus; Spatial learning; Trapline

Indexed keywords

BUMBLEBEE; FLIGHT-PATH GEOMETRY; TRAPLINE FORAGING;

BOMBUS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0029752840     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.2.158     Document Type: Article

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