Behavioural environments and niche construction: The evolution of dim-light foraging in bees

Biological Reviews

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-37

  Wcislo, William T ^a   Tierney, Simon M ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Crepuscular; Evolution; Foraging behavior; Matinal; Neurobiology of night vision; Niche construction; Niche shifts; Nocturnal; Vespertine

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APIS; APOIDEA; MEGALOPTA GENALIS;

EID: 58849098422     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2008.00059.x     Document Type: Review

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