Floral Nectar Guide Patterns Discourage Nectar Robbing by Bumble Bees

Anne S. Leonard; Joshua Brent; Daniel R. Papaj; Anna Dornhaus

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055914

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Floral Nectar Guide Patterns Discourage Nectar Robbing by Bumble Bees

Anne S. Leonard ,

* E-mail: anneleonard@unr.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
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Joshua Brent,

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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Daniel R. Papaj,

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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Anna Dornhaus

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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Floral Nectar Guide Patterns Discourage Nectar Robbing by Bumble Bees

Anne S. Leonard,
Joshua Brent,
Daniel R. Papaj,
Anna Dornhaus

Published: February 13, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055914

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