Orientation and drifting behaviour of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in commercial tomato greenhouses

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-59

  Birmingham, Anna L ^a   Winston, Mark L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

DISORIENTATION; FOREIGN COLONIES; LANDMARKS;

BIOLOGY;

BEE; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; ORIENTATION;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; BOMBUS OCCIDENTALIS; HYMENOPTERA; IMPATIENS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 2442581306     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-201     Document Type: Article

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