Journal article
Learning constraints and floral choice behaviour in bumble bees
Abstract
Abstract. Insects foraging on flowers tend to restrict their visits to a single species of plant while bypassing other equally rewarding species. This behaviour may result from perceptual limitations, the demands of energetic efficiency, or both. Perceptual limitations may be the product of underlying constraints on the processing of information by pollinators. Foraging simultaneously on several species can lower foraging efficiency through …
Authors
Dukas R; Real LA
Journal
Animal Behaviour, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 637–644
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 1993
DOI
10.1006/anbe.1993.1240
ISSN
0003-3472