Bumblebee flight distances in relation to the forage landscape

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 406-415

  Osborne, Juliet L ^a   Martin, Andrew P ^a   Carreck, Norman L ^a   Swain, Jennifer L ^a   Knight, Mairi E ^b   Goulson, Dave ^c   Hale, Roddy J ^d   Sanderson, Roy A ^e  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borage; Foraging range; Mass marking experiment; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLIGHT; FORAGE; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POLLEN; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BORAGINACEAE;

EID: 38849130158     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01333.x     Document Type: Article

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