Effects of nectar robbing on nectar dynamics and bumblebee foraging strategies in Linaria vulgaris (Scrophulariaceae)

Oikos

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 309-320

  Newman, Daniel A ^a   Thomson, James D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; NECTAR; POLLINATION; ROBBING;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LINARIA VULGARIS;

EID: 20644438236     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13884.x     Document Type: Article

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