Choosing rewarding flowers; perceptual limitations and innate preferences influence decision making in bumblebees and honeybees

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1523-1529

  Goulson, David ^a   Cruise, Jemma L ^a   Sparrow, Kate R ^a   Harris, Adele J ^a   Park, Kirsty J ^a   Tinsley, Matthew C ^a   Gilburn, Andre S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis; Bombus; Floral herbivory; Floral rewards; Foraging behaviour; Nectar robbing

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECISION MAKING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; INNATE BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; POLLEN; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS HORTORUM; HEXAPODA; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE; TROPAEOLACEAE; TROPAEOLUM MAJUS; XYLOCOPA VIOLACEA; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 34447117692     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0384-4     Document Type: Article

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