Individually recognizable scent marks on flowers made by a solitary bee

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 217-229

  Gilbert, Francis ^a   Azmeh, Salma ^a   Barnard, Chris ^a   Behnke, Jerzy ^a   Collins, Sarah A ^a   Hurst, Jane ^a   Shuker, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLOWER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SCENT MARKING;

ANTHOPHORA; ANTHOPHORA PLUMIPES; APIDAE; APOIDEA; CERINTHE MAJOR; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0035129914     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1542     Document Type: Article

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