Trapline foraging by bumble bees: V. Effects of experience and priority on competitive performance

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 936-948

  Ohashi, Kazuharu ^a   Leslie, Alison ^b   Thomson, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area fidelity; Bombus; Competition; Foraging experience; Long term spatial memory; Trapline foraging; Travel speed

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FLOWER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HARVESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NECTAR; POLLEN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS);

EID: 51749121580     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn048     Document Type: Article

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