Patch use by bumblebees (hymenoptera apidae): Temperature, wind, flower density and traplining

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-264

  Comba, Livio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bombus; Digitalis ferruginea; Foraging; Patch; Temperature; Trapline; Wind

Indexed keywords

BEE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PATCH USE;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS HORTORUM; BOMBUS MESOMELAS; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; BOMBUS RUDERATUS; DIGITALIS FERRUGINEA; FABRICIUS; HORTORUM; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0033199431     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1999.9522826     Document Type: Article

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