Relationship between body size and homing ability in the genus Osmia (Hymenoptera; Megachilidae)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 158-161

  Guédot, Christelle ^a,d   Bosch, Jordi ^b   Kemp, William P ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight distance; Foraging range; Homing range; Osmia; Pollen dispersal

Indexed keywords

BEE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; FEEDING GROUND; HOME RANGE; HOMING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEGACHILIDAE; OSMIA; OSMIA CORNIFRONS; OSMIA CORNUTA; OSMIA LIGNARIA; OSMIA PEDICORNIS; OSMIA RUFA;

EID: 58249096058     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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