Site constancy of bumble bees in an experimentally patchy habitat

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 129-141

  Osborne, Juliet L ^a   Williams, Ingrid H ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bumble bees; Floral resources; Habitat fragmentation; Site constancy

Indexed keywords

BEE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SITE FIDELITY;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; ARENA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS LAPIDARIUS; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA NIGRA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; HYMENOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0035136330     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(00)00262-0     Document Type: Article

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