Pollen and nectar quality drive the major and minor floral choices of bumble bees

Apidologie

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 92-106

  Somme, Laurent ^a   Vanderplanck, Maryse ^b   Michez, Denis ^b   Lombaerde, Isabelle ^a   Moerman, Romain ^b,d   Wathelet, Bernard ^c   Wattiez, Ruddy ^b   Lognay, Georges ^c   Jacquemart, Anne Laure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

amino acids; floral rewards; nectar sugars; phytosterols; polylectism

Indexed keywords

BISTORTA; BOMBUS (GENUS); CIRSIUM PALUSTRE; COMARUM PALUSTRE; PERSICARIA; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; VALERIANA;

EID: 84919930495     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-014-0307-0     Document Type: Article

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