Hierarchical use of information by nectar-foraging carpenter bees on vertical inflorescences: Floral color and spatial position

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 213-221

  Orth, Afonso I ^a   Waddington, Keith D ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARPENTER BEE; FLORAL COLOUR; POLLINATION; SPATIAL POSITION;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; XYLOCOPA MICANS;

EID: 0030784550     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07929978.1997.10676685     Document Type: Article

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