Trade-off between travel distance and prioritization of high-reward sites in traplining bumblebees

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1284-1292

  Lihoreau, Mathieu ^a,b   Chittka, Lars ^a   Raine, Nigel E ^a,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Distance reward trade off; Optimal foraging theory; Spatial cognition; Trapline foraging; Travelling Salesman Problem

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLOWER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HETEROGENEITY; NECTAR; OPTIMIZATION; PRIORITIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SPATIAL COGNITION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 80855138707     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01881.x     Document Type: Article

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