Foraging choices of bumblebees on equally rewarding artificial flowers of different colors

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 223-233

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

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWER COLOUR; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR;

APIDAE; BOMBUS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030731906     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07929978.1997.10676686     Document Type: Article

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