Increased density of honeybee colonies affects foraging bumblebees

Apidologie

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 517-532

  Walther Hellwig, Kerstin ^a   Fokul, Gerriet ^b   Frankl, Robert ^b   Büchler, Ralph ^c   Ekschmitt, Klemens ^a   Wolters, Volkmar ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c Bieneninstitut ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Bombus; Competition avoidance; Exploitative competition; Foraging

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERB; HONEYBEE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DENSITY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS LAPIDARIUS; BOMBUS MUSCORUM; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; BOMBUS SYLVARUM; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; PHACELIA; PHACELIA TANACETIFOLIA;

EID: 33751520762     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006035     Document Type: Article

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