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How Does Pollen Chemistry Impact Development and Feeding Behaviour of Polylectic Bees?

Larvae and imagos of bees rely exclusively on floral rewards as a food source but host-plant range can vary greatly among bee species. While oligolectic species forage on pollen from a single family of host plants, polylectic bees, such as bumblebees, collect pollen from many families of plants. The...

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Autores principales: Vanderplanck, Maryse, Moerman, Romain, Rasmont, Pierre, Lognay, Georges, Wathelet, Bernard, Wattiez, Ruddy, Michez, Denis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3897652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086209