Visual cues and foraging choices: Bee visits to floral colour phases in Alkanna orientalis (Boraginaceae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 427-435

  Nuttman, C V ^a   Semida, F M ^b   Zalat, S ^b   Willmer, P G ^c  

^a Tropical Biology Association   (United Kingdom)

^b SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthophora pauperata; Colour change; Foraging behaviour; Pollen tube growth; Pollination

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLOR; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POLLINATION; VISUAL CUE;

ALKANNA; ALKANNA ORIENTALIS; ANTHOPHORA PAUPERATA; APOIDEA; BORAGINACEAE;

EID: 33644779822     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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