Proboscis length and resource utilization in two uruguayan bumblebees: Bombus atratus franklin and bombus bellicosus smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-77

  Arbulo, N ^a   Santos, E ^a   Salvarrey, S ^a   Invernizzi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Native bee; Resource partitioning; Tongue length

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BEE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; URUGUAY;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BEES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ORGAN SIZE; URUGUAY;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; AVES; BOMBUS ATRATUS; BOMBUS BELLICOSUS; BOMBUS SP.; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LOTUS; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 79952976332     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2011000100010     Document Type: Article

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