A comparison of bumblebees' movements in uniform and aggregated distributions of their forage plant

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-25

  Cresswell, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus; Brassica; Dispersion; Foraging; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BEE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PLANT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

APIDAE; BOMBUS LAPIDARIUS; BRASSICA NAPUS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0033993490     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2000.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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