Several new aspects of the foraging behavior of Osmia cornifrons in an apple orchard

Psyche (London)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Matsumoto, Shogo ^a   Maejima, Tsutomu ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nagano Fruit Tree Experiment Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; OSMIA CORNIFRONS;

EID: 84856951229     PISSN: 00332615     EISSN: 16877438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/384371     Document Type: Article

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