Time is honey: Circadian clocks of bees and flowers and how their interactions may influence ecological communities

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 1734, 2017, Pages

  Bloch, Guy ^a   Bar Shai, Noam ^a   Cytter, Yotam ^a   Green, Rachel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bee; Circadian rhythms; Flower; Foraging behaviour; Network; Pollination

Indexed keywords

BEE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOWER VISITING; FLOWERING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; BEE; BIOTA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIOTA; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; LIFE HISTORY TRAITS; MAGNOLIOPSIDA; POLLINATION;

EID: 85031098179     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0256     Document Type: Review

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