Assessing stingless bee pollen diet by analysis of garbage pellets: A new method

Apidologie

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 341-353

  Eltz, Thomas ^a   Brühl, Carsten A ^a   Van Der Kaars, Sander ^b   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fecal pellets; Feces; Pollen foraging; Pollen trap; Resource use

Indexed keywords

POLLEN;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEE; DIET; POLLEN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA; TRIGONA COLLINA;

EID: 0034862044     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2001134     Document Type: Article

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