Visit larger displays but probe proportionally fewer flowers: Counterintuitive behaviour of nectar-collecting bumble bees achieves an ideal free distribution

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 492-503

  Ohashi, K ^a,c   Yahara, T ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bombus; Floral display size; Flower revisitation; Foraging behaviour; Ideal free distribution; Plant pollinator interaction

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLORAL TRAIT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS DIVERSUS; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM PURPURATUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036342370     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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