Possible mechanisms for the formation of flower size preferences by foraging bumblebees

Ethology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 341-351

  Blarer, Albert ^a   Keasar, Tamar ^b   Shmida, Avi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLORAL TRAIT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SIZE SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036221651     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2002.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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