A mark-recapture study of male Colletes cunicularius bees: Implications for pollination by sexual deception

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 579-584

  Peakall, Rod ^a   Schiestl, Florian P ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bee; Colletes cunicularius; Mark recapture; Orchid pollination; Sexual deception

Indexed keywords

MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIMICRY; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR;

APOIDEA; COLLETES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; OPHRYS; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 6344241055     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0816-3     Document Type: Article

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