Nutrients or resin? – The relationship between resin and food foraging in stingless bees
Abstract Stingless bees are important pollinators in tropical forests. Yet, we know little about their foraging behavior (e.g., their nutritional requirements or their floral sources visited for resource collection). Many stingless bees not only depend vitally on pollen and nectar for food but also...
Main Authors: | Gemma Nydia Villagómez, Alexander Keller, Claus Rasmussen, Pablo Lozano, David A. Donoso, Nico Blüthgen, Sara Diana Leonhardt |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2024-02-01
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Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10879 |
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