Nectar robbing, forager efficiency and seed set: Bumblebees foraging on the self incompatible plant Linaria vulgaris (Scrophulariaceae)

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 21, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 277-283

  Stout, Jane C ^a   Allen, John A ^a   Goulson, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus spp.; Common toadflax; Corolla perforation; Foraging behaviour; Nectar rewards; Pollination; Secondary robbers

Indexed keywords

FORAGING EFFICIENCY; NECTAR; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION; ROBBING; SEED SET;

APIDAE; BOMBUS HORTORUM; BOMBUS LAPIDARIUS; BOMBUS LUCORUM; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA; LINARIA VULGARIS;

EID: 0034530705     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(00)01085-7     Document Type: Article

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