Bumble bee pollen foraging regulation: role of pollen quality, storage levels, and odor
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ERRATUM Bumble bee pollen foraging regulation: role of pollen quality, storage levels, and odor
The regulation of protein collection through pollen foraging plays an important role in pollination and in the life of bee colonies that adjust their foraging to natural variation in pollen protein quality and temporal availability. Bumble bees occupy a wide range of habitats from the Nearctic to the Tropics in which they play an important role as pollinators. However, little is known about how...
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0340-5443,1432-0762
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0707-0