Bumble bee selection of Mimulus guttatus flowers: The effects of pollen quality and reward depletion

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2594-2606

  Robertson, Alastair W ^a,b   Mountjoy, Claire ^a   Faulkner, Brian E ^a   Roberts, Matthew V ^a   Macnair, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bombus; Bumble bees; Mimulus guttatus; Pollen number; Pollen quality; Pollinator behavior; Pollinator mediated selection; Reward depletion

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLOWER VISITING; FOOD SELECTION; POLLEN;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MIMULUS GUTTATUS;

EID: 0033455595     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2594:bbsomg]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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