'X' marks the spot: The possible benefits of nectar guides to bees and plants

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1293-1301

  Leonard, Anne S ^a   Papaj, Daniel R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombus; Constancy; Efficiency; Foraging; Handling time; Learning; Nectar discovery; Pattern

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; LEARNING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NECTAR; PERSISTENCE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS;

EID: 80855148192     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01885.x     Document Type: Article

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