Recognition of scent marks in solitary bees to avoid previously visited flowers

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 803-809

  Yokoi, Tomoyuki ^a   Fujisaki, Kenji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Floral resources; Foraging strategies; Rejection responses; Scent marks; Solitary bees

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; RECOGNITION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SCENT MARKING; VISUAL CUE;

ANDRENIDAE; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLLETES; COLLETIDAE; MEGACHILIDAE; OSMIA; TETRALONIA;

EID: 77951093158     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-008-0551-8     Document Type: Article

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