Do solitary bees Osmia cornuta Latr. and Osmia lignaria cresson use proximal visual cues to localize their nest?

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 649-669

  Fauria, Karine ^a   Campan, Raymond ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Nest localization; Snapshot theory; Solitary bee; Vision

Indexed keywords

OSMIA CORNUTA; OSMIA LIGNARIA;

EID: 0031723974     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022394708973     Document Type: Article

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