Foraging behaviour of bee pollinators on the tropical weed Triumfetta semitriloba: Departure rules from flower patches

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 345-352

  Collevatti, R G ^a,b   Campos, L A O ^a   Schoereder, J H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Departure rules; Foraging behaviour; Optimal foraging; Pollination; Solitary bees

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLOWER PATCH; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; POLLINATOR;

BRAZIL, MINAS GERAIS STATE, VICOSA;

ANTHOPHORIDAE; APIDAE; AUGOCHLORELLA MICHAELIS; AUGOCHLOROPSIS CUPREOLA; CERATINULA; HALICTIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MELISSODES SEXCINCTA; PLEBEIA DRORYANA; PSEUDOCENTRON PAULISTANA; TILIACEAE; TRIUMFETTA SEMITRILOBA;

EID: 0031467676     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050056     Document Type: Article

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