Flower choice and learning in foraging bumblebees: Effects of variation in nectar volume and concentration

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 278-285

  Cnaani, Jonathan ^a,b   Thomson, James D ^a   Papaj, Daniel R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ARAVA INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Israel)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; NECTAR;

APOIDEA;

EID: 33645032454     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01174.x     Document Type: Article

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