Foraging trip duration of bumblebees in relation to landscape-wide resource availability

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-394

  Westphal, Catkin ^a   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^a   Tscharntke, Teja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Bombus terrestris; Colony growth; Conservation; Landscape structure; Large scale resource availability; Phacelia tanacetifolia; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEE; COLONIZATION; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; PHACELIA TANACETIFOLIA;

EID: 33746218564     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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