Bumblebee foraging - Is closer really better?

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 349-357

  Dramstad, W E ^a   Fry, G L A ^b   Schaffer, M J ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Flight distance; Foraging; Phacelia

Indexed keywords

BEE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POLLINATION;

PHACELIA;

EID: 0037376937     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(02)00043-9     Document Type: Article

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