Do bumble bees save time when choosing novel flowers by following conspecifics?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-244

  Kawaguchi, L G ^a   Ohashi, K ^a   Toquenaga, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Foraging behaviour; Information transfer; Local enhancement; Plant animal interactions

Indexed keywords

BEE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ODOR; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 33646598032     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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