Can winter-active bumblebees survive the cold? Assessing the cold tolerance of Bombus terrestris audax and the effects of pollen feeding

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Owen, Emily L ^a   Bale, Jeffrey S ^a   Hayward, Scott A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUMBLEBEE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; POLLEN; POLLEN FEEEDING; QUEEN (INSECT); RAPID COLD HARDENING; SURVIVAL; THERMODYNAMICS; WINTER; WORKER (INSECT);

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEES; COLD TEMPERATURE; POLLEN;

EID: 84892391075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080061     Document Type: Article

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