The Abundance and Pollen Foraging Behaviour of Bumble Bees in Relation to Population Size of Whortleberry (Vaccinium uliginosum)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Mayer, Carolin ^a   Michez, Denis ^b   Chyzy, Alban ^b   Brédat, Elise ^b   Jacquemart, Anne Laure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BOMBUS CAMPESTRIS; BOMBUS HORTORUM; BOMBUS HYPNORUM; BOMBUS LAPIDARIUS; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; BOMBUS PRATORUM; BOMBUS SOROENSIS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BOMBUS VESTALIS; BUMBLEBEE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NONHUMAN; POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLLEN; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS CAMPESTRIS; BOMBUS HORTORUM; BOMBUS HYPNORUM; BOMBUS LAPIDARIUS; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; BOMBUS PRATORUM; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BOMBUS VESTALIS; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; ERICACEAE; SORBUS AUCUPARIA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM;

EID: 84870272335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050353     Document Type: Article

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