Diet breadth, coexistence and rarity in bumblebees

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3269-3288

  Goulson, Dave ^a   Lye, Gillian C ^a   Darvill, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus; Community composition; Competition; Forage use; Hymenoptera; Pollen; Tongue length

Indexed keywords

BEE; COEXISTENCE; DIETARY OVERLAP; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEGUME; PASTURE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; RARITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS LUCORUM; BOMBUS RUDERATUS; FABACEAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 55149118401     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9428-y     Document Type: Article

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