Analysis of pollinator foraging: Tests for non-random behaviour

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-259

  Jones, K N ^a,b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortative pollen transfer; bumble bees; constancy; experimental arrays; homogeneity of preference

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; NON-RANDOM BEHAVIOUR; POLLINATOR;

EID: 0030620359     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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