Possible foraging benefits of bimodal daily activity in Proxylocopa olivieri (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 417-424

  Gottlieb, Daphna ^a,b   Keasar, Tamar ^a,c   Shmida, Avi ^a   Motro, Uzi ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c ACHVA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Activity rhythm; Foraging; Interspecific competition; Nectar; Solitary bee

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NECTARIVORY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HAR GILO; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; WEST BANK; WORLD;

ANTHOPHORIDAE; ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; PROXYLOCOPA; SOLANUM AETHIOPICUM;

EID: 16844364210     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.2.417     Document Type: Article

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