Bumblebee foraging responses to variation in floral scent and color in snapdragons (Antirrhinum: Scrophulariaceae)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 257-265

  Odell, Eric ^a,b,d   Raguso, Robert A ^c,e   Jones, Kristina N ^a,b,f  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Rocky Mt Biological Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTORY CUE; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA; ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS; COROLLA; HYMENOPTERA; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

EID: 0032738703     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)142[0257:BFRTVI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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