The interaction of temperature and sucrose concentration on foraging preferences in bumblebees

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 845-850

  Whitney, Heather M ^a   Dyer, Adrian ^a,b   Chittka, Lars ^c   Rands, Sean A ^d   Glover, Beverley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pollination; Sensory ecology; Sensory integration; Sweetness detection

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

BEE; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POLLINATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SENSORY SYSTEM; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BUMBLEBEE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; REWARD;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; FOOD PREFERENCES; REWARD; SUCROSE; TEMPERATURE;

APOIDEA;

EID: 50849138846     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0393-9     Document Type: Article

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