Niche overlap and diet breadth in bumblebees; are rare species more specialized in their choice of flowers?

Apidologie

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-63

  Goulson, Dave ^a   Darvill, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus; Competition; Hymenoptera; Pollen; Rarity; Tongue length

Indexed keywords

BEE; DIET; GENERALIST; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE OVERLAP; RARITY; SPECIALIST;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SALISBURY PLAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WILTSHIRE;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS HORTORUM; FABACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 0942289684     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003062     Document Type: Article

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