Choosing rewarding flowers; perceptual limitations and innate preferences influence decision making in bumblebees and honeybees

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

• Publication date

  2007-04-04

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00265-007-0384-4
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