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Pollinator flight directionality and the assessment of pollen returns

Authors: Hodges, C. M.; Miller, R. B.ORCID
Year: 1981
Journal: Oecologia, Vol. 50, pp. 376-379
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1007/bf00344979
Keywords: ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, FORAGING, POLLINATION BIOLOGY, RMBL

Abstract

It is suggested that bumblebees foraging for pollen may not perceive revisitations and their associated costs because they do not assess pollen returns on a per plant basis, and energetic-efficiency arguments predicting the pattern of foraging movements among plants may be inappropriate.

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