Wing wear reduces bumblebee flight performance in a dynamic obstacle course
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Wing wear reduces bumblebee flight performance in a dynamic obstacle course.
Previous work has shown that wing wear increases mortality in bumblebees. Although a proximate mechanism for this phenomenon has remained elusive, a leading hypothesis is that wing wear increases predation risk by reducing flight manoeuvrability. We tested the effects of simulated wing wear on flight manoeuvrability in Bombus impatiens bumblebees using a dynamic obstacle course designed to push...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biology Letters
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1744-9561,1744-957X
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0294