Flower-visiting behavior of male bees is triggered by nectar-feeding insects

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 703-707

  Sugiura, Shinji ^a   Abe, Tetsuto ^a   Yamaura, Yuichi ^a   Makino, Shun'Ichi ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heriades fulvohispidus; Oceanic islands; Pollination; Schima mertensiana; Solitary bees

Indexed keywords

BEE; CONSPECIFIC; FLOWER VISITING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSECT; MALE BEHAVIOR; NECTARIVORY; POLLINATOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOWER; INSECT; MALE; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLLEN;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; INSECTS; PLANT DISEASES; POLLEN;

ASIA; BONIN ISLANDS; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; HERIADES; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEGACHILIDAE; SCHIMA; THEACEAE;

EID: 34447131023     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0246-y     Document Type: Article

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