Innate movement rules in foraging bees: Flight distances are affected by recent rewards and are correlated with choice of flower type

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 381-388

  Keasar, Tamar ^a   Shmida, Avi ^a   Motro, Uzi ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Foraging; Innate behavior; Movement rules

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA;

EID: 0030465332     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050304     Document Type: Article

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