Quality versus quantity: Foraging decisions in the honeybee (Apis mellifera scutellata) feeding on wildflower nectar and fruit juice

Foraging animals must often decide among resources which vary in quality and quantity. Nectar is a resource that exists along a continuum of quality in terms of sugar concentration and is the primary energy source for bees. Alternative sugar sources exist, including fruit juice, which generally has...

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Autores principales: Shackleton, Kyle, Balfour, Nicholas J., Al Toufailia, Hasan, Gaioski, Roberto, de Matos Barbosa, Marcela, Silva, Carina A. de S., Bento, José M. S., Alves, Denise A., Ratnieks, Francis L. W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5513216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28725389
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2478

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