The influence of relative plant density and floral morphological complexity on the behaviour of bumblebees

Oecologia

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 543-550

  Stout, Jane C ^a   Allen, John A ^a   Goulson, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus spp.; Foraging; Pollination; Resource utilisation; Visitation rates

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALIA; ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; APOIDEA; BOMBUS HORRORUM; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BORAGO; BORAGO OFFICINALIS; INSECTA; LINARIA; LINARIA VULGARIS; PHACELIA TANACETIFOLIA;

EID: 0032412271     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050691     Document Type: Article

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