The identity of the previous visitor influences flower rejection by nectar-collecting bees

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 673-681

  Williams, Catherine S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; CHEMICAL CUE; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS; BORAGINACEAE; BORAGO; BORAGO OFFICINALIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032167493     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0794     Document Type: Article

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