Pollinators' strategies in finding flowers

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 141-156

  Menzel, Randolf ^a   Gumbert, Andreas ^a   Kunze, Jan ^a   Shmida, Avi ^a   Vorobyev, Misha ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLOWER SIGNAL; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; POLLINATOR;

ISRAEL;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030732807     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07929978.1997.10676680     Document Type: Article

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