Facultative use of the repellent scent mark in foraging bumblebees: Complex versus simple flowers

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 847-854

  Saleh, Nehal ^a,b   Ohashi, Kazuharu ^a,c   Thomson, James D ^a   Chittka, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HANDLING TIME; SCENT MARKING;

APOIDEA;

EID: 33645117201     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.06.014     Document Type: Article

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