Variation in nectar robbing over time, space, and species

Oecologia

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 525-533

  Irwin, Rebecca E ^a,b   Maloof, Joan E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombus occidentalis; Floral larceny; Plant animal interactions; Spatiotemporal variation

Indexed keywords

NECTAR; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; ROBBING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

AGGREGATA; ANIMALIA; APIDAE; BOMBUS OCCIDENTALIS; CORYDALIS CASEANA; DELPHINIUM NUTTALLIANUM; FUMARIACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; IPOMOPSIS AGGREGATA; LINARIA VULGARIS; POLEMONIACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

EID: 0036934068     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1060-z     Document Type: Article

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