Bee foraging ranges and their relationship to body size

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 589-596

  Greenleaf, Sarah S ^a   Williams, Neal M ^b   Winfree, Rachael ^c   Kremen, Claire ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Bee; Body size; Foraging distance; Pollination

Indexed keywords

BEE; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA SET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR;

APOIDEA;

EID: 34547820954     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0752-9     Document Type: Article

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