Flower constancy in bumblebees: A test of the trait variability hypothesis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 939-949

  Gegear, Robert J ^a,b   Laverty, Terence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; COEVOLUTION; FLOWER VISITING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POLLINATOR; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 15744366923     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.06.029     Document Type: Article

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