Space use of bumblebees (Bombus spp.) revealed by radio-tracking

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Hagen, Melanie ^a   Wikelski, Martin ^b   Kissling, W Daniel ^c  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOMBUS HORTORUM; BOMBUS RUDERATUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BUMBLEBEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIGHT; FLIGHT DISTANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; SPACE USE; TELEMETRY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEE; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS HORTORUM; BOMBUS RUDERATUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOVEMENT;

EID: 79956153059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019997     Document Type: Article

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