Bumblebees avoid flowers containing evidence of past predation events

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1240-1247

  Abbott, K R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BUMBLEBEES; FLOWERS; PREDATION EVENTS; PREDATORS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BEE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FLOWER VISITING; PREDATION RISK;

APOIDEA; ROSA ARKANSANA;

EID: 33846462059     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-117     Document Type: Article

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