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A trade-off between the frequency and duration of bumblebee visits to flowers

Authors: Jones, K. N.; Reithel, J.; Irwin, R.ORCID
Year: 1998
Journal: Oecologia, Vol. 117(1,2), pp. 161-168
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050644
Keywords: BOMBUS, FORAGING, GOTHIC, NECTAR PRODUCTION, POLLINATION BIOLOGY, RMBL

Abstract

The potential for a trade-offs between these two components of pollinator service exists when visit duration depends on reward quantity; whether the trade-off is realized will depend on variation in nectar production and on whether pollinators forage systematically.

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