Does size matter? Bumblebee behaviour and the pollination of Cytisus scoparius L. (Fabaceae)

Apidologie

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 129-139

  Stout, Jane Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Bombus spp.; Floral display size; Foraging behaviour; Pollination

Indexed keywords

POLLEN;

BEE; BODY SIZE; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; BODY SIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; ARACHNIDA; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0033970385     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2000111     Document Type: Article

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