Wing wear affects wing use and choice of floral density in foraging bumble bees

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-59

  Foster, Danusha J ^a   Cartar, Ralph V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body size; Bombus; Bumble bees; Flight frequency; Floral density; Time in flight; Wing collision frequency; Wing use

Indexed keywords

BEE; BODY SIZE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FLORISTICS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERB; LEGUME; MOBILITY; POLLEN; WING;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); GERANIUM VISCOSISSIMUM; MELILOTUS; MONARDA; MONARDA FISTULOSA;

EID: 79952510933     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq160     Document Type: Article

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