A landscape-scale study of bumble bee foraging range and constancy, using harmonic radar

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 519-533

  Osborne, J L ^a   Clark, S J ^a   Morris, R J ^a   Williams, I H ^a   Riley, J R ^b   Smith, A D ^b   Reynolds, D R ^b   Edwards, A S ^b  

^a Dept of Entomology and Nematology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bee movement; Flight trajectory; Foraging constancy; Fragmented habitat; Radar tracking

Indexed keywords

BEE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

APIDAE; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032874412     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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