Trapline foraging by bumble bees: VII. Adjustments for foraging success following competitor removal

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 768-778

  Ohashi, Kazuharu ^a   Leslie, Alison ^b   Thomson, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bombus; competition; conservatism; flexibility; readjustment; resource intake rate; trapline foraging

Indexed keywords

BEE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MONITORING; PRESSURE EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SELECTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS);

EID: 84875980998     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars200     Document Type: Article

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