Foraging dynamics of bumble bees: Correlates of movements within and between plant species

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-249

  Chittka, Lars ^a,b   Gumbert, Andreas ^a   Kunze, Jan ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombus; Bumble bees; Flower color; Flower constancy; Foraging; Pollination ecology; Switching

Indexed keywords

BUMBLEBEE; FLOWER COLOUR; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR;

APIDAE; BOMBUS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030619870     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.3.239     Document Type: Article

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