Inadvertent social information in foraging bumblebees: effects of flower distribution and implications for pollination

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1863-1873

  Baude, Mathilde ^a,b   Dajoz, Isabelle ^a,c   Danchin, Étienne ^d,e  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^e École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; bumblebee; deceptive species pollination; foraging behaviour; inadvertent social information; plant pollinator interaction; social attraction; spatial flower distribution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COGNITION; FLOWER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; POLLINATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 56049085563     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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