An economic model of the limits to foraging range in central place foragers with numerical solutions for bumblebees

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-255

  Cresswell, James E ^a   Osborne, Juliet L ^b   Goulson, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus; Central place foraging; Energetics; Flight range

Indexed keywords

BEE; CENTRAL PLACE THEORY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY;

APOIDEA;

EID: 0033840875     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2000.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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