Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering Population Ecology Virtual Lab II Experiments

Optimal Pollinators

References

Books:

  1. Plant reproductive ecology: patterns and strategies - Jon Lovett Doust, Lesley Lovett Doust

  2. Crop pollination by bees - Keith S. Delaplane, D. F. Mayer

 

Journals:

  1. Pyke, G. H. (1979). Optimal foraging in bumblebees: Rule of movement between flowers within inflorescences. Animal Behaviour, 27(PART 4), 1167-1181. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-3472(79)90064-2

  2. Heinrich, B. (1983). Do Bumblebees Forage Optimally, and Does It Matter? Integrative and Comparative Biology, 23, 273-281.

  3. Pyke G. H. (1980). Optimal foraging in bumblebees: calculation of net rate of energy intake and optimal patch choice. Theoretical population biology, 17(2), 232–246. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-5809(80)90008-8