Estimating nest locations of bumblebee Bombus ardens from flower quality and distribution

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 220-227

  Suzuki, Yukari ^a,b   Kawaguchi, Lina G ^a   Toquenaga, Yukihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central place foraging; Colony persistence; Nest site; Net energy intake rate; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

BEE; CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING; COLONY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOWER; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEST SITE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BOMBUS ARDENS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33847387233     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0010-3     Document Type: Article

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